Re: [PATCH RFC 4/7] blk-mq: precalculate available tags for hctx_may_queue()

[Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>]

On 6/18/23 09:07, Yu Kuai wrote:
> +static void blk_mq_update_available_driver_tags(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
> +{
> +	struct blk_mq_tags *tags = hctx->tags;
> +	unsigned int nr_tags;
> +	struct tag_sharing *tag_sharing;
> +
> +	if (tags->ctl.share_queues <= 1)
> +		nr_tags = tags->nr_tags;
> +	else
> +		nr_tags = max((tags->nr_tags + tags->ctl.share_queues - 1) /
> +			       tags->ctl.share_queues, 4U);
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(tag_sharing, &tags->ctl.head, node)
> +		tag_sharing->available_tags = nr_tags;
> +}

Since READ_ONCE() is used to read the available_tags member, WRITE_ONCE()
should be used to update that member, even if a spinlock is held around
the update.

Thanks,

Bart.