RE: [PATCH V2] binder: ipc namespace support for android binder

From: chouryzhou(åå)
Date: Thu Nov 08 2018 - 03:10:14 EST


> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:00 PM
>
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, chouryzhou(??????) wrote:
> >@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ struct ipc_namespace {
> > unsigned int mq_msg_default;
> > unsigned int mq_msgsize_default;
> >
> >+ /* next fields are for binder */
> >+ struct mutex binder_procs_lock;
> >+ struct hlist_head binder_procs;
> >+ struct mutex binder_contexts_lock;
> >+ struct hlist_head binder_contexts;
>
> I don't think you want a mutex here protecting the binder_contexts list.
> Afaict there is no concurrency going on: you only modify it in when doing
> namespace init and exit (for which you have no serialization); do you even
> need a lock here? Or at least I would think a more lightweight alternative
> (rcu/spinlock/rwlock) would suffice.

Yes, you're right, the binder_contexts is just modified when initing and exiting
namespace, we don't need this lock.
I will update the code you mentioned above.