linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 04/16] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names

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Date:	Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:56:54 -0600
From:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To:	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, kristen.c.accardi@...el.com,
	matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/16] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names

* Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>:
>
> Thank your new patches. Very quick!!!

I'm trying to get into 2.6.28. ;)

> Though I have not reviewed/tested your patches yet (of course), I have
> one concern as I said in the e-mail soon before. Does the new one
> consider the following senario?
>
> 	Scenario C:
> 	hotplug driver(A)               	hotplug_driver(B)
> 	--------------                  	----------------
>        pci_create_slot(name=A, rename=1)
> 						pci_create_slot(name=B, rename=1)
>
> The hotplug driver (A) creates the slot with name "A". The the hotplug
> driver (B) tries to create the same slot, but wants the name "B" instead.
> In this case, hotplug driver fails to create the slot and the slot name
> should not be changed to "B" from "A".

Hm... I don't think this is a common scenario but...

int pci_hp_register(...)
{
	...

        pci_slot = pci_create_slot(bus, slot_nr, name, 1);
        if (IS_ERR(pci_slot))    
                return PTR_ERR(pci_slot);

        if (pci_slot->hotplug) {
                dbg("%s: already claimed\n", __func__);
                pci_destroy_slot(pci_slot);
                return -EBUSY;
        }
	...
}

I could maybe move that check into pci_create_slot() instead.

struct pci_slot *pci_create_slot(...)
{
	...

        /*
         * Get existing slot and rename if desired
         */
        slot = get_slot(parent, slot_nr);
        if (slot && rename) {
		if ((err = slot->hotplug ? -EBUSY : 0)
		     || (err = rename_slot(slot, name))) {
                        kobject_put(&slot->kobj);
                        slot = NULL;
                        goto err;
                } else
                        goto out;
        } else if (slot)
                goto out;
	...
}

Seems a little ugly to me, but maybe it's necessary?

/ac

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