Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: vmd: Fix spinlock usage on config access for RT kernel

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 08:59:51PM +0900, Ryo Takakura wrote:
> PCI config access is locked with pci_lock which serializes
> pci_user/bus_write_config*() and pci_user/bus_read_config*().
> The subsequently invoked vmd_pci_write() and vmd_pci_read() are also
> serialized as they are only invoked by them respectively.
> 
> Remove cfg_lock which is taken by vmd_pci_write() and vmd_pci_read()
> for their serialization as its already serialized by pci_lock.

That's only true if CONFIG_PCI_LOCKLESS_CONFIG isn't set, so pci_lock
won't help with concurrent kernel config access in such a setup. I think
the previous change to raw lock proposal was the correct approach.
 
> @@ -385,13 +384,11 @@ static int vmd_pci_read(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg,
>  {
>  	struct vmd_dev *vmd = vmd_from_bus(bus);
>  	void __iomem *addr = vmd_cfg_addr(vmd, bus, devfn, reg, len);
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	if (!addr)
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>  	switch (len) {
>  	case 1:
>  		*value = readb(addr);

There's a comment above this function explaining the need for the lock,
which doesn't make a lot of sense after this patch.