linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] lib/stackdepot: rework helpers for depot_alloc

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:16:33 +0200
From:   Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Cc:     andrey.konovalov@...ux.dev, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        Evgenii Stepanov <eugenis@...gle.com>,
        Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/19] lib/stackdepot: rework helpers for depot_alloc_stack

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 11:00 AM Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> > +static void depot_keep_next_pool(void **prealloc)
> >  {
> >         /*
> > -        * If the next pool is already initialized or the maximum number of
> > +        * If the next pool is already saved or the maximum number of
> >          * pools is reached, do not use the preallocated memory.
> >          */
> >         if (!next_pool_required)
> It's not mentioned at the top of the file that next_pool_required is
> protected by pool_lock, but it is, correct?
> Can you please update the comment to reflect that?

I'll add a clarifying comment above this access to the previous patch.
I don't think it's worth to describe all locking intricacies of the
existing code in other places, as atomic accesses are removed
altogether later in the series anyway.

Thanks!