linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] iommufd/device: Make hwpt_list list

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Message-ID: <Y9fbVHytj12rpmZD@nvidia.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:59:32 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
Cc:     kevin.tian@...el.com, yi.l.liu@...el.com, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] iommufd/device: Make hwpt_list list_add/del
 symmetric

On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 01:18:10PM -0800, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> Since the list_del() of hwpt_item is done in iommufd_device_detach(), move
> its list_add_tail() to a similar place in iommufd_device_do_attach().
> 
> Also move and place the mutex outside the iommufd_device_auto_get_domain()
> and iommufd_device_do_attach() calls, to serialize attach/detach routines.
> This adds an additional locking protection so that the following patch can
> safely remove devices_lock.

That should be two patches then, this is just moving one line of code
from what I can tell?

Jason