netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 9/9] net-sysfs: remove the use of rtnl_trylock/restart

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Date:   Wed, 6 Oct 2021 08:45:58 +0200
From:   Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To:     Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 9/9] net-sysfs: remove the use of
 rtnl_trylock/restart_syscall

On Tue 28-09-21 14:55:00, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> The ABBA deadlock avoided by using rtnl_trylock and restart_syscall was
> fixed in previous commits, we can now remove the use of this
> trylock/restart logic and have net-sysfs operations not spinning when
> rtnl is already taken.

Shouldn't those lock be interruptible or killable at least? As mentioned
in other reply we are seeing multiple a contention on some sysfs file
because mlx driver tends to do some heavy lifting in its speed callback
so it would be great to be able to interact with waiters during that
time.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs