Re: [PATCH 1/3] infiniband: hw: hfi1: verbs.c: Use built-in RCU list checking

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Fri Jan 10 2020 - 10:54:13 EST


On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 01:35:07PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
>
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 12:59:12AM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > list_for_each_entry_rcu has built-in RCU and lock checking.
> > Pass cond argument to list_for_each_entry_rcu.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@xxxxxxxxx>
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
> > index 089e201d7550..e6abdbcb4ffb 100644
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
> > @@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ static inline void hfi1_handle_packet(struct hfi1_packet *packet,
> > opa_get_lid(packet->dlid, 9B));
> > if (!mcast)
> > goto drop;
> > - list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, &mcast->qp_list, list) {
> > + list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, &mcast->qp_list, list,
> > + lock_is_held(&(ibp->rvp.lock).dep_map)) {
>
> Why .dep_map? Does this compile?

Yeah, have you really compiled this? Don't send patches without at least
compile testing !!

> Alternatively, it can be lockdep_is_held(ibp->rvp.lock).
> Please refer to the macro(link below) and let me know if the usage of lock_is_held()
> in the patch is correct.
>
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.5-rc2/source/include/linux/lockdep.h#L364

Please use lockdep_is_held(). Thanks.

thanks,

- Joel

>
> Thanks,
> Madhuparna
> Jason