linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] m2p_find_override: use list_for_each_entry

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Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:03:04 +0100
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@...nok.org>
CC:	Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] m2p_find_override: use
 list_for_each_entry_safe

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 05:37:07PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > Use list_for_each_entry_safe and remove the spin_lock acquisition in
> > > > m2p_find_override.
> > > 
> > > So this would allow us to get stale entries. Is that OK?
> > 
> > I think it is reasonable.
> > In practice we should never get an m2p_find_override call looking for an
> > entry that we are about to add/delete.
> 
> Why don't you add that in the comment and also fix:
> 
> /home/konrad/ssd/linux/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c: In function
> ‘m2p_find_override’:
> /home/konrad/ssd/linux/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c:810: warning: unused variable
> ‘flags’

Ooops. I'll do that.