linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] scsi: efct: don't use GFP

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 20:10:41 +0800
From:   Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
To:     Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@...hat.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <hch@....de>,
        <james.smart@...adcom.com>, <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] scsi: efct: don't use GFP_KERNEL under spin lock

Hi,

On 2022/1/10 19:19, Maurizio Lombardi wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 07:18:38PM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
>> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&node->els_ios_lock, flags);
>> +
>>   	if (els) {
>>   		/* initialize fields */
>>   		els->els_retries_remaining = EFC_FC_ELS_DEFAULT_RETRIES;
> If the els pointer is NULL you will lock the spinlock and disable the interrupts
> for no reason, maybe you can just protect the list_add_tail()?
>
> +spin_lock_irqsave(&node->els_ios_lock, flags);
>   list_add_tail(&els->list_entry, &node->els_ios_list);
> +spin_unlock_irqrestore(&node->els_ios_lock, flags);
Yes, it's better, I will send a v2 later.

Thanks,
Yang
>
> Maurizio
>
> .