linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/8] Introduce Peer-to-Peer memory (p2pmem) device

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:49:01 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/8] Introduce Peer-to-Peer memory (p2pmem) device

Hi Logan,

> +/**
> + * p2pmem_unregister() - unregister a p2pmem device
> + * @p: the device to unregister
> + *
> + * The device will remain until all users are done with it
> + */
> +void p2pmem_unregister(struct p2pmem_dev *p)
> +{
> +	if (!p)
> +		return;
> +
> +	dev_info(&p->dev, "unregistered");
> +	device_del(&p->dev);
> +	ida_simple_remove(&p2pmem_ida, p->id);

Don't you need to clean up the p->pool here.

> +	put_device(&p->dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(p2pmem_unregister);
> +

I don't like the ugliness around the switch port to be honest. 

Going to whitelist/blacklist looks simpler in my opinion.

Sinan


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Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.