On 1/28/25 15:34, Nilay Shroff wrote:
The request queue uses ->sysfs_dir_lock for protecting the addition/ deletion of kobject entries under sysfs while we register/unregister blk-mq. However kobject addition/deletion is already protected with kernfs/sysfs internal synchronization primitives. So use of q->sysfs_ dir_lock seems redundant. Moreover, q->sysfs_dir_lock is also used at few other callsites along with q->sysfs_lock for protecting the addition/deletion of kojects. One such example is when we register with sysfs a set of independent access ranges for a disk. Here as well we could get rid off q->sysfs_ dir_lock and only use q->sysfs_lock. The only variable which q->sysfs_dir_lock appears to protect is q-> mq_sysfs_init_done which is set/unset while registering/unregistering blk-mq with sysfs. But use of q->mq_sysfs_init_done could be easily replaced using queue registered bit QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED. So with this patch we remove q->sysfs_dir_lock from each callsite and replace q->mq_sysfs_init_done using QUEUE_FLAG_REGISTERED. Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-core.c | 1 - block/blk-ia-ranges.c | 4 ---- block/blk-mq-sysfs.c | 23 +++++------------------ block/blk-sysfs.c | 5 ----- include/linux/blkdev.h | 3 --- 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Kernel Storage Architect hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: I. Totev, A. McDonald, W. Knoblich
