Re: [PATCH rdma-rc v2] RDMA/core: Simplify addition of restrack object

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Tue Jun 29 2021 - 02:40:40 EST


On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 08:38:13AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 08:22:45AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > The previous code didn't call restrack_del. restrack_del undoes the
> > > restrack_set_name stuff, not just add - so it does not leave things
> > > back the way it found them
> >
> > The previous code didn't call to restrack_add and this is why it didn't
> > call to restrack_del later. In old and new code, we are still calling to
> > acquire and release dev (cma_acquire_dev_by_src_ip/cma_release_dev) and
> > this is where the CM_ID is actually attached.
>
> Which is my point, you can't call restrack_del anyplace except the
> final destroy. It cannot be used for error unwinding in these kinds of
> functions

ok, let's remove the controversial hunks.

>
> Jason