netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: fix race conditions in xps by locking the maps and dev->tc

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Date:   Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:36:33 +0100
From:   Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: fix race conditions in xps by locking the maps and dev->tc_num

Hi Jakub,

Quoting Jakub Kicinski (2020-12-23 19:27:29)
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:12:28 -0800 Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 1:21 AM Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > If I understood correctly, as things are a bit too complex now, you
> > > would prefer that we go for the solution proposed in v1?  
> > 
> > Yeah, that is what I am thinking. Basically we just need to make sure
> > the num_tc cannot be updated while we are reading the other values.
> 
> Yeah, okay, as much as I dislike this approach 300 lines may be a little
> too large for stable.
> 
> > > I can still do the code factoring for the 2 sysfs show operations, but
> > > that would then target net-next and would be in a different series. So I
> > > believe we'll use the patches of v1, unmodified.  
> 
> Are you saying just patch 3 for net-next?

The idea would be to:

- For net, to take all 4 patches from v1. If so, do I need to resend
  them?

- For net-next, to resend patches 2 and 3 from v2 (they'll have to be
  slightly reworked, to take into account the review from Alexander and
  the rtnl lock). The patches can be sent once the ones for net land in
  net-next.

> We need to do something about the fact that with sysfs taking
> rtnl_lock xps_map_mutex is now entirely pointless. I guess its value
> eroded over the years since Tom's initial design so we can just get
> rid of it.

We should be able to remove the mutex (I'll double check as more
functions are involved). If so, I can send a patch to net-next.

Thanks!
Antoine