Re: [PATCH v2 next-next] net: hns: enet specifies a reference to dsaf
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jan 20 2016 - 04:38:26 EST
On Wed, 2016-01-20 at 14:49 +0800, Yankejian (Hackim Yim) wrote:
> > > +
> > > > > > + snprintf(ae_dev->name, AE_NAME_SIZE, "%s%d",
> > > > > > DSAF_DEVICE_NAME,
> > > > > > + Â(int)atomic_inc_return(&id));
> > If you bind/unbind device enough times you may get an overflow and
> > end
> > up with name of existing device (if you have 1+ of them in the
> > system).
> >
> > To avoid such situation better to use IDA/IDR framework.
> >
> Hi, Andy
> Thanks again for your suggestion.
> It seems that using IDA/IDR framework is better, but all of the
> functions must be serialized by lock.
AFAIR it's designed in a way you don't need to do any additional
locking or synchronization.
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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy