linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:31:53 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@....com>,
        "rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk()

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:22:49AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Maybe keep that original mutex just in case.

Let's do the elegant thing:

---
diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index d4089c2980ef..386e04a7bda0 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct ghes_edac_pvt {
 	char msg[80];
 };
 
+static atomic_t ghes_init = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static struct ghes_edac_pvt *ghes_pvt;
 
 /*
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
 	/*
 	 * We have only one logical memory controller to which all DIMMs belong.
 	 */
-	if (ghes_pvt)
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&ghes_init) > 1)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Get the number of DIMMs */

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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