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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, dlemoal@kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk,
	gjoyce@ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/6] blk-sysfs: remove q->sysfs_lock for attributes which don't need it
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:49:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250224144929.GA2205@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z7nGw_PJfAld8fAz@fedora>

On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 08:44:51PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> IMO, it is fine to read it lockless without READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE because
> disk->nr_zones is defined as 'unsigned int', which won't return garbage
> value anytime.
> 
> But I don't object if you want to change to READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE.

It changes every time the disk capacity changes.  And on the (uncommon)
reformats.  So the best locking would be the same as for the disk
capacity.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-02-24 14:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-18  8:28 [PATCHv2 0/6] block: fix lock order and remove redundant locking Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 1/6] blk-sysfs: remove q->sysfs_lock for attributes which don't need it Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:46   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-18 11:26     ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-21 14:02       ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-22 12:44         ` Ming Lei
2025-02-24 13:09           ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-24 14:49           ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2025-02-26 12:09             ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-24  8:41         ` Hannes Reinecke
2025-02-24 13:12           ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18 12:10   ` Ming Lei
2025-02-18 13:11     ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18 13:45       ` Ming Lei
2025-02-18 16:29         ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-19  3:24           ` Ming Lei
2025-02-19  5:42             ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-19  8:34             ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-19  8:56               ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-19  9:20                 ` Ming Lei
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 2/6] blk-sysfs: acquire q->limits_lock while reading attributes Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:46   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 3/6] block: Introduce a dedicated lock for protecting queue elevator updates Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  9:05   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-18 11:14     ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18 16:32       ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-19  8:41         ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 4/6] blk-sysfs: protect nr_requests update using q->elevator_lock Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 5/6] blk-sysfs: protect wbt_lat_usec " Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  8:28 ` [PATCHv2 6/6] blk-sysfs: protect read_ahead_kb using q->limits_lock Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  9:12   ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-18 11:27     ` Nilay Shroff
2025-02-18  9:21 ` [PATCHv2 0/6] block: fix lock order and remove redundant locking Christoph Hellwig
2025-02-18 12:09   ` Nilay Shroff

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