linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] target: Convert transport_lookup_*

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Date:	Wed, 13 May 2015 00:42:43 -0700
From:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...erainc.com>,
	target-devel <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	Sagi Grimberg <sagig@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] target: Convert transport_lookup_*_lun to RCU
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On Wed, 2015-05-13 at 07:55 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > +	deve = target_nacl_find_deve(nacl, unpacked_lun);
> > +	if (deve && deve->lun_flags & TRANSPORT_LUNFLAGS_INITIATOR_ACCESS) {
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Make sure that target_enable_device_list_for_node()
> > +		 * has not already cleared the RCU protected pointers.
> > +		 */
> > +		if (!deve->se_lun) {
> 
> Just move the hlist_del_rcu in core_disable_device_list_for_node before
> clearing se_lun and this check won't be needed.
> 
> And if you need ny check here just add it to the if so that there is
> no need for the goto.  Same for the TMR path.
> 

Done.

> As for the locking changes:  I'd rather have the change to a mutex
> as a separate patch as that's different from the data structure
> changes.

Fair enough.

--nab

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