linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] cxl/core: Use guard() to drop goto pattern of cxl_dpa

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Message-ID: <67b67f05f0a58_2d1e294c6@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:01:58 -0800
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To: Li Ming <ming.li@...omail.com>, <dave@...olabs.net>,
	<jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>, <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	<alison.schofield@...el.com>, <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	<ira.weiny@...el.com>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC: <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Li Ming
	<ming.li@...omail.com>, Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] cxl/core: Use guard() to drop goto pattern of
 cxl_dpa_alloc()

Li Ming wrote:
> In cxl_dpa_alloc(), some checking and operations need to be protected by
> a rwsem called cxl_dpa_rwsem, so there is a goto pattern in
> cxl_dpa_alloc() to release the rwsem. The goto pattern can be optimized
> by using guard() to hold the rwsem.
> 
> Creating a new function called __cxl_dpa_alloc() to include all checking
> and operations needed to be procted by cxl_dpa_rwsem. Using
> guard(rwsem_write()) to hold cxl_dpa_rwsem at the beginning of the new
> function.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Li Ming <ming.li@...omail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
> index 874a791f8292..1edbf7873471 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/hdm.c
[..]
> @@ -504,21 +500,24 @@ int cxl_dpa_alloc(struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled, unsigned long long size)
>  		skip = skip_end - skip_start + 1;
>  	} else {
>  		dev_dbg(dev, "mode not set\n");
> -		rc = -EINVAL;
> -		goto out;
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (size > avail) {
>  		dev_dbg(dev, "%pa exceeds available %s capacity: %pa\n", &size,
>  			cxl_decoder_mode_name(cxled->mode), &avail);
> -		rc = -ENOSPC;
> -		goto out;
> +		return -ENOSPC;
>  	}
>  
> -	rc = __cxl_dpa_reserve(cxled, start, size, skip);
> -out:
> -	up_write(&cxl_dpa_rwsem);
> +	return __cxl_dpa_reserve(cxled, start, size, skip);
> +}
> +
> +int cxl_dpa_alloc(struct cxl_endpoint_decoder *cxled, unsigned long long size)
> +{
> +	struct cxl_port *port = cxled_to_port(cxled);

Am I missing something? This @port variable is unused?

> +	int rc;
>  
> +	rc = __cxl_dpa_alloc(cxled, size);
>  	if (rc)
>  		return rc;
>  

So I think you can drop this new cxl_dpa_alloc + __cxl_dpa_alloc scheme?

After that you can add:

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>