Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] pid: Replace pid bitmap implementation with IDR API

[Rik van Riel]

On Wed, 2017-10-11 at 15:37 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:19:38 -0400 Gargi Sharma <gs051095@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > This patch replaces the current bitmap implemetation for
> > Process ID allocation. Functions that are no longer required,
> > for example, free_pidmap(), alloc_pidmap(), etc. are removed.
> > The rest of the functions are modified to use the IDR API.
> > The change was made to make the PID allocation less complex by
> > replacing custom code with calls to generic API.
> 
> I still don't understand the locking.ÂÂspin_lock_irq(&pidmap_lock) in
> some places, rcu_read_lock() in others.
> 
> If the locking is indeed now correct, can we please get it fully
> documented?ÂÂA comment at the pid_namespace.idr definition site would
> suit.

Would you like me to send a follow-up patch to document the
locking?

Documenting the locking on all the existing code, plus the
new code, seems a little out of scope of an Outreachy
internship...

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