linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 for-next 0/3] IB/core: Obtaining subnet

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:08:04 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Anand Khoje <anand.a.khoje@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dledford@...hat.com, haakon.bugge@...cle.com, leon@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 for-next 0/3] IB/core: Obtaining subnet_prefix from
 cache in

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 05:56:22PM +0530, Anand Khoje wrote:
> This v8 of patch series is used to read the port_attribute subnet_prefix
> from a valid cache entry instead of having to call
> device->ops.query_gid() for Infiniband link-layer devices in
> __ib_query_port().
> 
> In the event of a cache update, the value for subnet_prefix gets read
> using device->ops.query_gid() in config_non_roce_gid_cache().
> 
> It also re-orders the initialization of lock cache_lock of struct ib_device
> such that the lock is initialized before its first use in __ib_query_port()
> during device initialization.
> 
> Anand Khoje (3):
>   IB/core: Updating cache for subnet_prefix in
>     config_non_roce_gid_cache()
>   IB/core: Shifting initialization of device->cache_lock
>   IB/core: Read subnet_prefix in ib_query_port via cache.
> 
>  drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c  | 10 +++++-----
>  drivers/infiniband/core/device.c | 10 ++++------
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Applied to for-next, thanks

Jason