Thread (37 messages) 37 messages, 2 authors, 2026-01-27

Re: [PATCH v2 04/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Allocate IOTLB cache tag if no id to reuse

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Date: 2026-01-26 21:06:45
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On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 05:24:22PM -0800, Nicolin Chen wrote:
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@@ -3220,6 +3241,9 @@ arm_smmu_master_build_inv(struct arm_smmu_master *master,
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* Set a default users counter */
+	refcount_set(&cur->users, 1);
I think abusing users here is a little too hard to read..

Can we just keep track in the state somehow with a flag?

Or maybe union in a "bool needs_free" that is for the on-stack version
of this structure?

Jason
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