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From: Eric Farman <farman@linux.ibm.com>
To: Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com>, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Cc: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 4/5] vfio-ccw: Don't call cp_free if we are processing a channel program
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:28:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <076c223c-d21c-634e-72d2-2de2fe082530@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <75e71cc4-7552-b9e5-5649-4de2cdd8f59a@linux.ibm.com>



On 7/10/19 12:10 PM, Farhan Ali wrote:
> 
> 
> On 07/10/2019 09:45 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 17:27:47 -0400
>> Farhan Ali <alifm@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/09/2019 10:21 AM, Halil Pasic wrote:
>>>> Do we need to use atomic operations or external synchronization to
>>>> avoid
>>>> this being another gamble? Or am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I think we probably should think about atomic operations for
>>> synchronizing the state (and it could be a separate add on patch?).
>>
>> +1 to thinking about some atomicity changes later.

+1

>>
>>>
>>> But for preventing 2 threads from stomping on the cp the check should be
>>> enough, unless I am missing something?
>>
>> I think so. Plus, the patch is small enough that we can merge it right
>> away, and figure out a more generic change later.
> 
> I will send out a v3 soon if no one else has any other suggestions.
> 

I thumbed through them and think they look good with Conny's
suggestions.  Nothing else jumps to mind for me.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-07-11 12:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-08 20:10 [RFC v2 0/5] Some vfio-ccw fixes Farhan Ali
2019-07-08 20:10 ` [RFC v2 1/5] vfio-ccw: Fix misleading comment when setting orb.cmd.c64 Farhan Ali
2019-07-09  9:57   ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-08 20:10 ` [RFC v2 2/5] vfio-ccw: Fix memory leak and don't call cp_free in cp_init Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 10:06   ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-09 14:07     ` Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 14:18       ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-08 20:10 ` [RFC v2 3/5] vfio-ccw: Set pa_nr to 0 if memory allocation fails for pa_iova_pfn Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 10:08   ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-08 20:10 ` [RFC v2 4/5] vfio-ccw: Don't call cp_free if we are processing a channel program Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 10:16   ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-09 13:46     ` Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 14:21       ` Halil Pasic
2019-07-09 21:27         ` Farhan Ali
2019-07-10 13:45           ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-10 16:10             ` Farhan Ali
2019-07-11 12:28               ` Eric Farman [this message]
2019-07-11 14:57           ` Halil Pasic
2019-07-11 20:09             ` Eric Farman
2019-07-12 13:59               ` Halil Pasic
2019-07-08 20:10 ` [RFC v2 5/5] vfio-ccw: Update documentation for csch/hsch Farhan Ali
2019-07-09 10:14   ` Cornelia Huck
2019-07-09 12:47     ` Farhan Ali

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