Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 3 authors, 2022-06-13

Re: [Patch v3 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2022-06-13 10:55:42
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From: longli@linuxonhyperv.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:14:45 -0700
+int mana_cfg_vport(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32 protection_dom_id,
+		   u32 doorbell_pg_id)
 {
+	/* Ethernet driver and IB driver can't take the port at the same time */
+	refcount_inc(&apc->port_use_count);
+	if (refcount_read(&apc->port_use_count) > 2) {
This is a racy test, the count could change after the test against
'2'.  It would be nice if there was a primitive to do the increment
and test atomically, but I fail to see one that matches this scenerio
currently.

Thank you.
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