netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-net 0/3] ice: fix synchronization between .ndo

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Message-ID: <ZmlGppe04yuGHvPx@lzaremba-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:56:38 +0200
From: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, Jesse Brandeburg
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Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net 0/3] ice: fix synchronization between .ndo_bpf()
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On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 07:38:37PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:37:12 +0200 Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> > Fix the problems that are triggered by tx_timeout and ice_xdp() calls,
> > including both pool and program operations.
> 
> Is there really no way for ice to fix the locking? :(
> The busy loops and trylocks() are not great, and seem like duct tape.
> 

The locking mechanisms I use here do not look pretty, but if I am not missing 
anything, the synchronization they provide must be robust.

A prettier way of protecting the same critical sections would be replacing 
ICE_CFG_BUSY around ice_vsi_rebuild() with rtnl_lock(), this would eliminate 
locking code from .ndo_bpf() altogether, ice_rebuild_pending() logic will have 
to stay.

At some point I have decided to avoid using rtnl_lock(), if I do not have to. I 
think this is a goal worth pursuing?