linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmet-rdma: use spin_lock_bh() on rsp_wr_wait

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:55:14 +0300
From:   Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
To:     Chengfeng Ye <dg573847474@...il.com>, hch@....de, kch@...dia.com
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet-rdma: use spin_lock_bh() on rsp_wr_wait_lock



On 9/26/23 20:22, Chengfeng Ye wrote:
> It seems to me that read_cqe.done could be executed under softirq
> context,

It doesn't though.

>   as done callbacks always do, and it acquires rsp_wr_wait_lock
> along the following call chain.

The CQ polling context is IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE, which does not
run in softirq.