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Message-Id: <A8286EF1-4C38-4ACD-884A-6D1C64769DAE@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:30:31 +0200
From: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel@...il.com>
To: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
Lars Povlsen <lars.povlsen@...rochip.com>,
Steen Hegelund <Steen.Hegelund@...rochip.com>,
UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
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"Bos, H.J." <h.j.bos@...nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/15] net: dsa: sja1105: Remove usage of
iterator for list_add() after loop
> On 10. Apr 2022, at 22:02, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 08:24:37PM +0200, Jakob Koschel wrote:
>> Btw, I just realized that the if (!pos) is not necessary. This should simply do it:
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
>> index b7e95d60a6e4..2d59e75a9e3d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
>> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
>> list_add(&e->list, &gating_cfg->entries);
>> } else {
>> + struct list_head *pos = &gating_cfg->entries;
>> struct sja1105_gate_entry *p;
>>
>> list_for_each_entry(p, &gating_cfg->entries, list) {
>> if (p->interval == e->interval) {
>> @@ -37,10 +38,12 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
>> goto err;
>> }
>>
>> - if (e->interval < p->interval)
>> + if (e->interval < p->interval) {
>> + pos = &p->list;
>> break;
>> + }
>> }
>> - list_add(&e->list, p->list.prev);
>> + list_add(&e->list, pos->prev);
>> }
>>
>> gating_cfg->num_entries++;
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>
> I think we can give this a turn that is actually beneficial for the driver.
> I've prepared and tested 3 patches on this function, see below.
> Concrete improvements:
> - that thing with list_for_each_entry() and list_for_each()
> - no more special-casing of an empty list
> - simplifying the error path
> - that thing with list_add_tail()
>
> What do you think about the changes below?
Thanks for all the good cooperation and help. The changes look great.
I'll include them in v2 unless you want to do that separately, then I'll
just remove them from the patch series.
>
> From 5b952b75e239cbe96729cf78c17e8d9725c9617c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:21:41 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net: dsa: sja1105: remove use of iterator after
> list_for_each_entry() loop
>
> Jakob Koschel explains in the link below that there is a desire to
> syntactically change list_for_each_entry() and list_for_each() such that
> it becomes impossible to use the iterator variable outside the scope of
> the loop.
>
> Although sja1105_insert_gate_entry() makes legitimate use of the
> iterator pointer when it breaks out, the pattern it uses may become
> illegal, so it needs to change.
>
> It is deemed acceptable to use a copy of the loop iterator, and
> sja1105_insert_gate_entry() only needs to know the list_head element
> before which the list insertion should be made. So let's profit from the
> occasion and refactor the list iteration to a dedicated function.
>
> An additional benefit is given by the fact that with the helper function
> in place, we no longer need to special-case the empty list, since it is
> equivalent to not having found any gating entry larger than the
> specified interval in the list. We just need to insert at the tail of
> that list (list_add vs list_add_tail on an empty list does the same
> thing).
>
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20220407102900.3086255-3-jakobkoschel@gmail.com/#24810127
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> index b7e95d60a6e4..369be2ac3587 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,27 @@
>
> #define SJA1105_SIZE_VL_STATUS 8
>
> +static struct list_head *
> +sja1105_first_entry_longer_than(struct list_head *entries,
> + s64 interval,
> + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> +{
> + struct sja1105_gate_entry *p;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(p, entries, list) {
> + if (p->interval == interval) {
> + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Gate conflict");
> + return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> + }
> +
> + if (interval < p->interval)
> + return &p->list;
> + }
> +
> + /* Empty list, or specified interval is largest within the list */
> + return entries;
> +}
> +
> /* Insert into the global gate list, sorted by gate action time. */
> static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> struct sja1105_rule *rule,
> @@ -14,6 +35,7 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
> {
> struct sja1105_gate_entry *e;
> + struct list_head *pos;
> int rc;
>
> e = kzalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -24,25 +46,15 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> e->gate_state = gate_state;
> e->interval = entry_time;
>
> - if (list_empty(&gating_cfg->entries)) {
> - list_add(&e->list, &gating_cfg->entries);
> - } else {
> - struct sja1105_gate_entry *p;
> -
> - list_for_each_entry(p, &gating_cfg->entries, list) {
> - if (p->interval == e->interval) {
> - NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
> - "Gate conflict");
> - rc = -EBUSY;
> - goto err;
> - }
> -
> - if (e->interval < p->interval)
> - break;
> - }
> - list_add(&e->list, p->list.prev);
> + pos = sja1105_first_entry_longer_than(&gating_cfg->entries,
> + e->interval, extack);
> + if (IS_ERR(pos)) {
> + rc = PTR_ERR(pos);
> + goto err;
> }
>
> + list_add(&e->list, pos->prev);
> +
> gating_cfg->num_entries++;
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.25.1
>
> From b6385f62d730b69007ea218e885461542ca4c44c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:34:35 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 2/3] net: dsa: sja1105: reorder
> sja1105_first_entry_longer_than with memory allocation
>
> sja1105_first_entry_longer_than() does not make use of the full struct
> sja1105_gate_entry *e, just of e->interval which is set from the passed
> entry_time.
>
> This means that if there is a gate conflict, we have allocated e for
> nothing, just to free it later. Reorder the memory allocation and the
> function call, to avoid that and simplify the error unwind path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c | 17 +++++------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> index 369be2ac3587..e5ea8eb9ec4e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> {
> struct sja1105_gate_entry *e;
> struct list_head *pos;
> - int rc;
> +
> + pos = sja1105_first_entry_longer_than(&gating_cfg->entries,
> + entry_time, extack);
> + if (IS_ERR(pos))
> + return PTR_ERR(pos);
>
> e = kzalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!e)
> @@ -45,22 +49,11 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> e->rule = rule;
> e->gate_state = gate_state;
> e->interval = entry_time;
> -
> - pos = sja1105_first_entry_longer_than(&gating_cfg->entries,
> - e->interval, extack);
> - if (IS_ERR(pos)) {
> - rc = PTR_ERR(pos);
> - goto err;
> - }
> -
> list_add(&e->list, pos->prev);
>
> gating_cfg->num_entries++;
>
> return 0;
> -err:
> - kfree(e);
> - return rc;
> }
>
> /* The gate entries contain absolute times in their e->interval field. Convert
> --
> 2.25.1
>
> From 8aa272b8a3f53aba7b80f181b275e040b9aaed8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:37:14 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 3/3] net: dsa: sja1105: use list_add_tail(pos) instead of
> list_add(pos->prev)
>
> When passed a non-head list element, list_add_tail() actually adds the
> new element to its left, which is what we want. Despite the slightly
> confusing name, use the dedicated function which does the same thing as
> the open-coded list_add(pos->prev).
>
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> ---
> drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> index e5ea8eb9ec4e..7fe9b18f1cbd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_vl.c
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int sja1105_insert_gate_entry(struct sja1105_gating_config *gating_cfg,
> e->rule = rule;
> e->gate_state = gate_state;
> e->interval = entry_time;
> - list_add(&e->list, pos->prev);
> + list_add_tail(&e->list, pos);
>
> gating_cfg->num_entries++;
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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