linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] net: qrtr: Implement outgoing flow control

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Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 14:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org
Cc:     aneela@...eaurora.org, clew@...eaurora.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] net: qrtr: Implement outgoing flow control

From: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 18:17:50 -0700

> +	flow = radix_tree_lookup(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
> +	if (flow)
> +		atomic_set(&flow->pending, 0);

You can't just zero out an atomic counter without extra synchronization
which protects you from the increment paths.

And since you'll need a lock to cover all of those paths, you don't
need to use an atomic_t and instead can use a plain integer.