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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:25:43 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "longli@...uxonhyperv.com" <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>
CC:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>, "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "shiraz.saleem@...el.com" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        Ajay Sharma <sharmaajay@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Patch v3 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

> Subject: Re: [Patch v3 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between
> devices
> 
> From: longli@...uxonhyperv.com
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:14:45 -0700
> 
> > +int mana_cfg_vport(struct mana_port_context *apc, u32
> protection_dom_id,
> > +		   u32 doorbell_pg_id)
> >  {
> > +	/* Ethernet driver and IB driver can't take the port at the same time
> */
> > +	refcount_inc(&apc->port_use_count);
> > +	if (refcount_read(&apc->port_use_count) > 2) {
> 
> This is a racy test, the count could change after the test against '2'.  It would
> be nice if there was a primitive to do the increment and test atomically, but I
> fail to see one that matches this scenerio currently.
> 
> Thank you.

I'm changing it to mutex.

Thank you,

Long

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