Re: [PATCH v11 05/12] vdpa: document set_group_asid thread safety

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 04:24:23PM +0100, Eugenio Pérez wrote:
> Document that the function races with the check of DRIVER_OK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Requested at
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CACGkMEvXdV4ukZE6xhLL0sSN70G=AWVQgpRnH98Fr4btzMkK9g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
>  include/linux/vdpa.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/vdpa.h b/include/linux/vdpa.h
> index 4cf21d6e9cfd..cd1b1f1321b9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vdpa.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vdpa.h
> @@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ struct vdpa_map_file {
>   *				@idx: virtqueue index
>   *				Returns the affinity mask
>   * @set_group_asid:		Set address space identifier for a
> - *				virtqueue group (optional)
> + *				virtqueue group (optional).  It's not thread
> + *				safe to call this function concurrently with
> + *				set_status.

Let's be explicit about what to do.
"Caller must prevent this from being executed concurrently with
set_status"?


>   *				@vdev: vdpa device
>   *				@group: virtqueue group
>   *				@asid: address space id for this group
> -- 
> 2.52.0