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From: Kohei Enju <kohei@enjuk.jp>
To: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v2 7/8] ixgbe: use GFP_KERNEL in ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_setup()
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 23:09:18 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <adZd5ZtEzUL_4Oz0@x1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408131216.2662245-8-aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>

On 04/08 15:12, Aleksandr Loktionov wrote:
> ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_setup() is always called from process context (FCoE
> offload setup paths) and never from an atomic context.  Using GFP_ATOMIC

As I mentioned in v1, I don't think this path is non-atomic.

fc_exch_seq_send()
  fc_exch_alloc() # acquires ep->ex_lock (spinlock) internally
  fc_fcp_ddp_setup()
    lport->tt.ddp_setup() == fcoe_ddp_setup()
      .ndo_fcoe_ddp_setup() == ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_get()
        ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_setup()
  ...
  spin_unlock_bh(&ep->ex_lock);

So even if this runs in process context, it still appears to be in
atomic context while ep->ex_lock is held and also bh is disabled.
GFP_KERNEL still looks unsafe here for me.

If I'm misreading something, please let me know.
Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-08 14:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-08 13:12 [PATCH iwl-next v2 0/8] ixgbe: nits and improvements Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 1/8] ixgbe: lower IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MAX_USECS to prevent RX starvation Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 2/8] ixgbe: add ixgbe_container_is_rx() helper and refine RX adaptive ITR Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 3/8] ixgbe: limit ITR decrease in latency mode to prevent ACK overdrive Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 4/8] ixgbe: add IXGBE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MASK_USECS constant Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 5/8] ixgbe: remove ixgbe_ping_all_vfs() from link state change handlers Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 6/8] ixgbe: use ktime_get_real_ns() in ixgbe_ptp_reset() Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 7/8] ixgbe: use GFP_KERNEL in ixgbe_fcoe_ddp_setup() Aleksandr Loktionov
2026-04-08 14:09   ` Kohei Enju [this message]
2026-04-08 13:12 ` [PATCH iwl-next v2 8/8] ixgbe: use int instead of u32 for error code variables Aleksandr Loktionov

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