Re: [RESEND PATCH] nvme: Use spin_lock_irqsave() when taking the ctrl->lock

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 03:01:19PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> @@ -2971,15 +2971,16 @@ int nvme_get_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 nsid, u8 log_page, u8 lsp, u8 csi,
>  static struct nvme_cel *nvme_find_cel(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi)
>  {
>  	struct nvme_cel *cel, *ret = NULL;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> 
> -	spin_lock(&ctrl->lock);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
>  	list_for_each_entry(cel, &ctrl->cels, entry) {
>  		if (cel->csi == csi) {
>  			ret = cel;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  	}
> -	spin_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);
> 
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -2988,6 +2989,7 @@ static int nvme_get_effects_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi,
>  				struct nvme_effects_log **log)
>  {
>  	struct nvme_cel *cel = nvme_find_cel(ctrl, csi);
> +	unsigned long flags;
>  	int ret;
> 
>  	if (cel)
> @@ -3006,9 +3008,9 @@ static int nvme_get_effects_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi,
> 
>  	cel->csi = csi;
> 
> -	spin_lock(&ctrl->lock);
> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
>  	list_add_tail(&cel->entry, &ctrl->cels);
> -	spin_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);
>  out:
>  	*log = &cel->log;
>  	return 0;
> 

Neither of these are ever called from an interrupt disabled context,
correct? If so, you can just use spin_lock_irq() without saving the
current irq state.