RE: [PATCH] hv: vmbus_free_channels(): remove the redundant free_channel()

[Dexuan Cui]

Thanks,
-- Dexuan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2015 17:22
> To: Dexuan Cui
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; driverdev-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan;
> vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv: vmbus_free_channels(): remove the redundant
> free_channel()
> 
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 09:15:30AM +0000, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2015 17:07
> > > To: Dexuan Cui
> > > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; driverdev-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > olaf@xxxxxxxxx; apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan;
> > > vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang Zhang
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] hv: vmbus_free_channels(): remove the redundant
> > > free_channel()
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 11:13:47PM -0700, Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > > free_channel() has been invoked in
> > > > vmbus_remove() -> hv_process_channel_removal(), or vmbus_remove() ->
> > > > ... -> vmbus_close_internal() -> hv_process_channel_removal().
> > > >
> > > > We also change to use list_for_each_entry_safe(), because the entry
> > > > is removed in hv_process_channel_removal().
> > > >
> > > > Thank Dan Carpenter for finding the issue!
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 11 ++++++++---
> > > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > > > index 0eeb1b3..865a3af 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> > > > @@ -212,11 +212,16 @@ void hv_process_channel_removal(struct
> > > vmbus_channel *channel, u32 relid)
> > > >
> > > >  void vmbus_free_channels(void)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	struct vmbus_channel *channel;
> > > > +	struct vmbus_channel *channel, *tmp;
> > > > +
> > > > +	list_for_each_entry_safe(channel, tmp, &vmbus_connection.chn_list,
> > > > +		listentry) {
> > >
> > > Horrid indentation, never put continuations on a 1 tab stop location,
> > > you can't read this properly, right?
> > >
> > > > +		/* if we don't set rescind to true, vmbus_close_internal()
> > > > +		 * won't invoke hv_process_channel_removal().
> > > > +		 */
> > > > +		channel->rescind = true;
> > >
> > > You are changing the logic here, right?  Why do you now need the _safe()
> > > call if you aren't freeing anything?
> > >
> > > confused,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> > vmbus_device_unregister() invokes device_unregister() -> vmbus_remove() ->
> > hv_process_channel_removal() -- in this function, we remove the entry from
> > the list:
> > list_del(&channel->listentry)
> > and we run free_channel(channel).
> 
> What is "this function" referring to here?  vmbus_free_channels()?
> 
> still confused.
> 
> greg k-h

"this function" means hv_process_channel_removal().

-- Dexuan
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