Re: [PATCH net-next v1 2/4] net: protect net_devmem_dmabuf_bindings by new net_devmem_bindings_mutex

[Stanislav Fomichev]

On 03/07, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri,  7 Mar 2025 07:57:23 -0800 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > In the process of making queue management API rtnl_lock-less, we
> > need a separate lock to protect xa that keeps a global list of bindings.
> > 
> > Also change the ordering of 'posting' binding to
> > net_devmem_dmabuf_bindings: xa_alloc is done after binding is fully
> > initialized (so xa_load lookups fully instantiated bindings) and
> > xa_erase is done as a first step during unbind.
> 
> You're just wrapping the calls to xarray here, is there a plan to use
> this new lock for other things? xarray has a built in spin lock, we
> don't have to protect it.

Oh, that is true, I completely missed that. In this case I can drop this
patch, thanks!