Re: [PATCH 1/3] infiniband: hw: hfi1: verbs.c: Use built-in RCU list checking

From: Dennis Dalessandro
Date: Tue Jan 14 2020 - 12:00:39 EST


On 1/14/2020 11:57 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 09:53:45PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx>

list_for_each_entry_rcu has built-in RCU and lock checking.
Pass cond argument to list_for_each_entry_rcu.

Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx>
drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
index 089e201d7550..22f2d4fd2577 100644
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static inline void hfi1_handle_packet(struct hfi1_packet *packet,
opa_get_lid(packet->dlid, 9B));
if (!mcast)
goto drop;
- list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, &mcast->qp_list, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, &mcast->qp_list, list, lockdep_is_held(&(ibp->rvp.lock))) {

Okay, this looks reasonable

Mike, Dennis, is this the right lock to test?


I'm looking at that right now actually, I don't think this is correct. Wanted to talk to Mike before I send a response though.

-Denny