linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/dmapool.c: add lock protect in dma_pool

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jul 2020 12:27:38 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     qiang.zhang@...driver.com
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/dmapool.c: add lock protect in dma_pool_destroy

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 05:05:16PM +0800, qiang.zhang@...driver.com wrote:
> When traversing "pool->page" linked list, to prevent possible
> other path operations this list, causing it to be destroyed, we
> should add lock protect for this list in dma_pool_destroy func.

The pool is being destroyed.  If somebody else is trying to allocate from
it while it's in the middle of being destroyed, there is a larger problem
to solve, and it can't be solved in the dmapool code.