Re: [PATCH 3/7] vfio/pci: Use vfio_device_unmap_mapping_range()

Jason Gunthorpe
2021-08-06T01:04:24Z

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 11:07:35AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> @@ -2281,15 +2143,13 @@ static int vfio_pci_try_zap_and_vma_lock_cb(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *data)
>
> vdev = container_of(device, struct vfio_pci_device, vdev);
>
> - /*
> - * Locking multiple devices is prone to deadlock, runaway and
> - * unwind if we hit contention.
> - */
> - if (!vfio_pci_zap_and_vma_lock(vdev, true)) {
> + if (!down_write_trylock(&vdev->memory_lock)) {
> vfio_device_put(device);
> return -EBUSY;
> }

Now that this is simplified so much, I wonder if we can drop the
memory_lock and just use the dev_set->lock?

That avoids the whole down_write_trylock thing and makes it much more
understandable?

Jason