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Message-ID: <YS1I5DuGr0q7/uow@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:08:52 -0700
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] nvme-multipath: add error handling support for
 add_disk()

On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 01:29:32PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 12:18:02PM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> > @@ -479,13 +479,17 @@ int nvme_mpath_alloc_disk(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_head *head)
> >  static void nvme_mpath_set_live(struct nvme_ns *ns)
> >  {
> >  	struct nvme_ns_head *head = ns->head;
> > +	int rc;
> >  
> >  	if (!head->disk)
> >  		return;
> >  
> > -	if (!test_and_set_bit(NVME_NSHEAD_DISK_LIVE, &head->flags)) {
> > -		device_add_disk(&head->subsys->dev, head->disk,
> > -				nvme_ns_id_attr_groups);
> > +	if (!test_bit(NVME_NSHEAD_DISK_LIVE, &head->flags)) {
> 
> This should still be test_and_set_bit() because it is protecting against
> two nvme paths simultaneously calling device_add_disk() on the same
> namespace head.

Interesting, I'll add a comment as well, as this was not clear with the drive
by effort.

  Luis