linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Fix amd_iommu_free

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 18:34:13 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Fix amd_iommu_free_device()

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 01:25:51PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Subject: iommu/amd: Fix amd_iommu_free_device()
> 
> put_device_state_wait() doesn't loop on the condition and a spurious
> wakeup will have it free the device state even though there might still
> be references out to it.

Hmm, have you seen spurious wakeups happening? The wakeup only comes
from put_device_state() and only when the reference count goes to zero.
>From my understanding this should be correct, but maybe I got the API
wrong.


	Joerg

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