From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<edumazet@google.com>, <pabeni@redhat.com>, <jiri@resnulli.us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/9] devlink: always check if the devlink instance is registered
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 13:19:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230106131934.14e7a900@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9f408a8c-4e23-9de5-0ee8-5deccd901543@intel.com>
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 09:03:18 -0800 Jacob Keller wrote:
> > +static inline bool devl_is_registered(struct devlink *devlink)
> > +{
> > + /* To prevent races the caller must hold the instance lock
> > + * or another lock taken during unregistration.
> > + */
>
> Why not just lockdep_assert here on the instance lock? I guess this
> comment implies that another lock could be used instead but it seems
> weird to allow that? I guess because of things like the linecards_lock
> as opposed to the instance lock?
Yup, as discussed on the RFC - removing the regions lock specifically
is quite tricky.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-06 21:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-06 6:33 [PATCH net-next 0/9] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 1/9] devlink: bump the instance index directly when iterating Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:17 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 2/9] devlink: update the code in netns move to latest helpers Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 3/9] devlink: protect devlink->dev by the instance lock Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:18 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 4/9] devlink: always check if the devlink instance is registered Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:41 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 17:03 ` Jacob Keller
2023-01-06 21:19 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-01-07 9:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 5/9] devlink: remove the registration guarantee of references Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:42 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:33 ` [PATCH net-next 6/9] devlink: don't require setting features before registration Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:34 ` [PATCH net-next 7/9] devlink: allow registering parameters after the instance Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:55 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 21:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-07 9:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-10 0:21 ` Jacob Keller
2023-01-10 16:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-10 20:22 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-11 9:32 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-11 16:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-11 21:29 ` Jacob Keller
2023-01-12 7:07 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-12 14:59 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-12 19:58 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-13 7:50 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-15 8:35 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-16 10:33 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-16 11:25 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-12 19:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-12 20:09 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-12 22:44 ` Jacob Keller
2023-01-13 6:45 ` Leon Romanovsky
2023-01-13 7:53 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-11 13:21 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:34 ` [PATCH net-next 8/9] netdevsim: rename a label Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 12:56 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 6:34 ` [PATCH net-next 9/9] netdevsim: move devlink registration under the instance lock Jakub Kicinski
2023-01-06 15:49 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 13:10 ` [PATCH net-next 0/9] devlink: remove the wait-for-references on unregister patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2023-01-06 15:49 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-01-06 17:06 ` Jacob Keller
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