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Message-ID: <20081009040914.GC4668@ldl.fc.hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 8 Oct 2008 22:09:14 -0600
From:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, kristen.c.accardi@...el.com,
	kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/15] PCI Hotplug: serialize
	pci_hp_register/deregister

* Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>:
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 05:17:37PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> > Add explicit locking to pci_hp_register/deregister. For a given pci_slot,
> > we want to make sure that the pci_slot->hotplug pointer isn't being
> > changed from underneath us.
> 
> I'm torn between saying this goes too far and this doesn't go far
> enough.  If pci_hp_register() and pci_hp_deregister() can race against
> each other,

I think Kenji-san was more worried about the race for multiple
callers of pci_create_slot() and all the horrible crap I was
introducing to account for slot renaming.

I've figured out a different approach which I'll be sending out
shortly. I didn't change any of the locking semantics in
pci_hp_register/deregister, so I disclaim responsibility for any
existing races that exist today. ;) (note, I don't think there
are any).

> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/slot.c b/drivers/pci/slot.c
> > index 0c6db03..1fffb27 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/slot.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/slot.c
> > @@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ placeholder:
> >  	pr_debug("%s: created pci_slot on %04x:%02x:%02x\n",
> >  		 __func__, pci_domain_nr(parent), parent->number, slot_nr);
> >  
> > - out:
> > +out:
> >  	up_write(&pci_bus_sem);
> >  	return slot;
> > - err:
> > +err:
> >  	kfree(slot);
> >  	slot = ERR_PTR(err);
> >  	goto out;
> 
> Gratuitous whitespace change?

Maybe... I'm gonna keep this same hunk, but fold it into a bigger
patch so it won't be as noticable. ;)

/ac

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