linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/9] nvme/core: add mdev interfaces

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Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:46:21 +0000
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...il.com>
To:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney " <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Liang Cunming <cunming.liang@...el.com>,
        Liu Changpeng <changpeng.liu@...el.com>,
        Fam Zheng <fam@...hon.net>, Amnon Ilan <ailan@...hat.com>,
        John Ferlan <jferlan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] nvme/core: add mdev interfaces

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 04:41:14PM +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> +int nvme_core_register_mdev_driver(struct nvme_mdev_driver *driver_ops)
> +{
> +	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl;
> +
> +	if (mdev_driver_interface)
> +		return -EEXIST;
> +
> +	mdev_driver_interface = driver_ops;

Can mdev_driver_interface be accessed from two CPUs at the same time?
mdev_driver_interface isn't protected by the mutex.  The state_changed
functions below also don't protect mdev_driver_interface.

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