netdev - RE: [PATCH 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

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Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 23:39:33 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "longli@...uxonhyperv.com" <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>
CC:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices

> Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: mana: Handle vport sharing between devices
> 
> On Tue, 17 May 2022 02:04:27 -0700
> longli@...uxonhyperv.com wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > index 51bff91b63ee..26f14fcb6a61 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana.h
> > @@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ struct mana_port_context {
> >  	unsigned int num_queues;
> >
> >  	mana_handle_t port_handle;
> > +	atomic_t port_use_count;
> 
> Could this be a refcount_t instead?
> The refcount_t has protections against under/overflow.

Thanks for pointing this out. I will use refcount_t for v2.

Long