Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] connector/cn_proc: Protect send_msg() with a local lock

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2020-05-25 09:18:19 [+0200], Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct local_evt, local_evt) = {
> > +	.counts = 0,
> 
> I don't think zero initializations need to be written out explicitly.
yes.

> > +	.lock = INIT_LOCAL_LOCK(lock),
> > +};
> >  
> >  static inline void send_msg(struct cn_msg *msg)
> >  {
> > -	preempt_disable();
> > +	local_lock(&local_evt.lock);
> >  
> > -	msg->seq = __this_cpu_inc_return(proc_event_counts) - 1;
> > +	msg->seq = __this_cpu_inc_return(local_evt.counts) - 1;
> 
> Naming nit: renaming this from 'proc_event_counts' to 
> 'local_evt.counts' is a step back IMO - what's an 'evt',
> did we run out of e's? ;-)
> 
> Should be something like local_event.count? (Singular.)

okay.

> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo

Sebastian