On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 12:13:42PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote: > I much prefer my (misguided in the original context[*]) approach of marking the > call_once() COMPLETED if and only if it succeeds. I have a new appreciation for this approach given our recent discoveries. I was mistaken in assuming there were no retryable errors here. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll merge your propsal with the kvm side and give it a test. > diff --git a/include/linux/call_once.h b/include/linux/call_once.h > index 6261aa0b3fb0..9d47ed50139b 100644 > --- a/include/linux/call_once.h > +++ b/include/linux/call_once.h > @@ -26,20 +26,28 @@ do { \ > __once_init((once), #once, &__key); \ > } while (0) > > -static inline void call_once(struct once *once, void (*cb)(struct once *)) > +static inline int call_once(struct once *once, int (*cb)(struct once *)) > { > + int r; > + > /* Pairs with atomic_set_release() below. */ > if (atomic_read_acquire(&once->state) == ONCE_COMPLETED) > - return; > + return 0; > > guard(mutex)(&once->lock); > WARN_ON(atomic_read(&once->state) == ONCE_RUNNING); > if (atomic_read(&once->state) != ONCE_NOT_STARTED) > - return; > + return -EINVAL; > > atomic_set(&once->state, ONCE_RUNNING); > - cb(once); > + r = cb(once); > + if (r) { > + atomic_set(&once->state, ONCE_NOT_STARTED); > + return r; > + } > + > atomic_set_release(&once->state, ONCE_COMPLETED); > + return 0; > } > > #endif /* _LINUX_CALL_ONCE_H */