Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] net: mscc: ocelot: install MAC addresses in .ndo_set_rx_mode from process context

[Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 05:09:37PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > +	ocelot->owq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ocelot-owq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
>
> Why MEM_RECLAIM ?

Ok, fine, I admit, I copied it.

After reading the documentation a bit more thoroughly, I am still as
clear about the guidelines as before. The original logic was, I am
allocating a memory area and then freeing it from the work item. So it
must be beneficial for the kernel to want to flush this workqueue during
the memory reclaim process / under memory pressure, because I am doing
no memory allocation, and I am also freeing some memory in fact.

The thing is, there are already a lot of users of WQ_MEM_RECLAIM. Many
outside of the filesystem/block subsystems. Not sure if all of them
misuse it, or how to even tell which one constitutes a correct example
of usage for WQ_MEM_RECLAIM.

> > +	if (!ocelot->owq)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
>
> I don't think you can pass NULL to destroy_workqueue() so IDK how this
> code does error handling (freeing of ocelot->stats_queue if owq fails).

It doesn't.

> >  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ocelot->multicast);
> >  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ocelot->pgids);
> >  	ocelot_mact_init(ocelot);
> > @@ -1619,6 +1623,7 @@ void ocelot_deinit(struct ocelot *ocelot)
> >  {
> >  	cancel_delayed_work(&ocelot->stats_work);
> >  	destroy_workqueue(ocelot->stats_queue);
> > +	destroy_workqueue(ocelot->owq);
> >  	mutex_destroy(&ocelot->stats_lock);
> >  }
>
> > +static int ocelot_enqueue_mact_action(struct ocelot *ocelot,
> > +				      const struct ocelot_mact_work_ctx *ctx)
> > +{
> > +	struct ocelot_mact_work_ctx *w = kmalloc(sizeof(*w), GFP_ATOMIC);
> > +
> > +	if (!w)
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	memcpy(w, ctx, sizeof(*w));
>
> kmemdup()?

Ok.