From: linux-hyperv-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-hyperv-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Wei Liu. Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 9:20 AM > > static int __vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, > > void *userdata, u32 userdatalen, > > void (*onchannelcallback)(void *context), void *context) > > @@ -122,6 +186,7 @@ static int __vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, > > u32 send_pages, recv_pages; > > unsigned long flags; > > int err; > > + int rqstor; > > > > if (userdatalen > MAX_USER_DEFINED_BYTES) > > return -EINVAL; > > @@ -132,6 +197,14 @@ static int __vmbus_open(struct vmbus_channel *newchannel, > > if (newchannel->state != CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE) > > return -EINVAL; > > > > + /* Create and init requestor */ > > + if (newchannel->rqstor_size) { > > + rqstor = vmbus_alloc_requestor(&newchannel->requestor, > > + newchannel->rqstor_size); > > You can simply use err here to store the return value or even get rid of > rqstor by doing Right. I will do that. > > @@ -937,3 +1014,75 @@ int vmbus_recvpacket_raw(struct vmbus_channel *channel, void > *buffer, > > buffer_actual_len, requestid, true); > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_recvpacket_raw); > > + > > +/* > > + * vmbus_next_request_id - Returns a new request id. It is also > > + * the index at which the guest memory address is stored. > > + * Uses a spin lock to avoid race conditions. > > + * @rqstor: Pointer to the requestor struct > > + * @rqst_add: Guest memory address to be stored in the array > > + */ > > +u64 vmbus_next_request_id(struct vmbus_requestor *rqstor, u64 rqst_addr) > > +{ > > + unsigned long flags; > > + u64 current_id; > > + > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&rqstor->req_lock, flags); > > Do you really need the irqsave variant here? I.e. is there really a > chance this code is reachable from an interrupt handler? Other VMBus drivers will also need to use this functionality, and some of them will be called with interrupts disabled. So, I think we should keep the irqsave variant here. Andres.