RE: [PATCH net-next 08/19] vfio/mdev: Make mdev alias unique among all mdevs

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 4:50 AM
> To: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; kwankhede@xxxxxxxxxx; leon@xxxxxxxxxx;
> cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx; Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/19] vfio/mdev: Make mdev alias unique
> among all mdevs
> 
> Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:08:23PM CET, parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >Mdev alias should be unique among all the mdevs, so that when such
> >alias is used by the mdev users to derive other objects, there is no
> >collision in a given system.
> >
> >Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c index 3bdff0469607..c8cd40366783
> 100644
> >--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> >@@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ int mdev_device_create(struct kobject *kobj, struct
> device *dev,
> > 			ret = -EEXIST;
> > 			goto mdev_fail;
> > 		}
> >+		if (alias && tmp->alias && !strcmp(alias, tmp->alias)) {
> >+			mutex_unlock(&mdev_list_lock);
> >+			ret = -EEXIST;
> >+			dev_dbg_ratelimited(dev, "Hash collision in alias
> creation for UUID %pUl\n",
> >+					    uuid);
> >+			goto mdev_fail;
> >+		}
> 
> I don't understand why this needs to be a separate patch. This check seems
> to be an inseparable part of mdev alias feature.
> Please squash to the previous patch.
> 
Ok. Cornelia had the same comment too.
The previous patch had relatively more delta, and since this patch can be split functionally,
I kept it as separate one.
Either way works.

> 
> > 	}
> >
> > 	mdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*mdev), GFP_KERNEL);
> >--
> >2.19.2
> >




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