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

[Joel Fernandes]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 12:04:58AM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> On 1/14/2020 12:00 PM, Dennis Dalessandro wrote:
> > 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
> 
> That's definitely going to throw a ton of lock dep messages. It's not really
> the right lock either. Instead what we probably need to do is what we do in
> the non-multicast part of the code and take the rcu_read_lock().
> 
> I'd say hold off on this and we'll fix it right. Same goes for the qib one.
> 
> Alright, thank you for reviewing.
> 
> The rdmavt one though looks to be OK. I'll give it a test.

Madhuparna, there seems to be an issue with your mail client where it is not
quoting text correctly, either there is a '>' missing or there are too many.
Can you look into it and figure what's wrong with it?

thanks,

 - Joel

> 
> Thank you,
> Madhuparna
> 
> -Denny