netdev - Re: [patch net-next 0/7] devlink: params cleanups and devl_param_driverinit_value

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Message-ID: <20230209205309.57e75fdf@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2023 20:53:09 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, tariqt@...dia.com, saeedm@...dia.com,
        jacob.e.keller@...el.com, gal@...dia.com, kim.phillips@....com,
        moshe@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 0/7] devlink: params cleanups and
 devl_param_driverinit_value_get() fix

On Thu,  9 Feb 2023 16:43:01 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> The primary motivation of this patchset is the patch #6, which fixes an
> issue introduced by 075935f0ae0f ("devlink: protect devlink param list
> by instance lock") and reported by Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>
> (https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/719de4f0-76ac-e8b9-38a9-167ae239efc7@amd.com/)
> and my colleagues doing mlx5 driver regression testing.
> 
> The basis idea is that devl_param_driverinit_value_get() could be
> possible to the called without holding devlink intance lock in
> most of the cases (all existing ones in the current codebase),
> which would fix some mlx5 flows where the lock is not held.
> 
> To achieve that, make sure that the param value does not change between
> reloads with patch #2.
> 
> Also, convert the param list to xarray which removes the worry about
> list_head consistency when doing lockless lookup.
> 
> The rest of the patches are doing some small related cleanup of things
> that poke me in the eye during the work.

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>