linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI/P2PDMA: Save a few cycles in 'pci_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:37:51 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI/P2PDMA: Save a few cycles in 'pci_alloc_p2pmem()'



On 2021-12-15 10:35 a.m., Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> [+cc Logan, Eric]
> 
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 10:16:53PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>> Use 'percpu_ref_tryget_live_rcu()' instead of 'percpu_ref_tryget_live()' to
>> save a few cycles when it is known that the rcu lock is already
>> taken/released.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> 
> Added Logan and Eric since Logan is the author and de facto maintainer
> of this file and Eric recently converted this to RCU.

Looks fine to me:

Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>

> Maybe we need a MAINTAINERS entry for P2PDMA?

I'm not opposed to this. Would it be a duplicate of the PCI SUBSYSTEM
just with my name added as maintainer? I could send a patch if so.

Logan