netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: allow to call netif_reset_xps_queues() under cpus_read

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Date:   Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:26:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     avagin@...nvz.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, avagin@...il.com,
        amritha.nambiar@...el.com, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: allow to call
 netif_reset_xps_queues() under cpus_read_lock

From: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
Date: Wed,  8 Aug 2018 20:07:35 -0700

> From: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...il.com>
> 
> The definition of static_key_slow_inc() has cpus_read_lock in place. In the
> virtio_net driver, XPS queues are initialized after setting the queue:cpu
> affinity in virtnet_set_affinity() which is already protected within
> cpus_read_lock. Lockdep prints a warning when we are trying to acquire
> cpus_read_lock when it is already held.
> 
> This patch adds an ability to call __netif_set_xps_queue under
> cpus_read_lock().
 ...

Applied, thank you.