On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:39:31AM -0700, Jacob Pan wrote: > > +/** > > + * ioasid_get - obtain a reference to the IOASID > > + */ > > +void ioasid_get(ioasid_t ioasid) > why void? what if the ioasid is not valid. My intended use was for the caller to get an additional reference when they're already holding one. So this should always succeed and I'd prefer a WARN_ON if the ioasid isn't valid rather than returning an error. But if you intend to add a state to ioasids between dropping refcount and free, then a return value makes sense. Thanks, Jean > > > +{ > > + struct ioasid_data *ioasid_data; > > + > > + spin_lock(&ioasid_allocator_lock); > > + ioasid_data = xa_load(&active_allocator->xa, ioasid); > > + if (ioasid_data) > > + refcount_inc(&ioasid_data->refs); > > + spin_unlock(&ioasid_allocator_lock); > > +} > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioasid_get); > > + > > /** > > * ioasid_free - Free an IOASID > > * @ioasid: the ID to remove > > + * > > + * Put a reference to the IOASID, free it when the number of > > references drops to > > + * zero. > > + * > > + * Return: %true if the IOASID was freed, %false otherwise. > > */ > > -void ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid) > > +bool ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid) > > { > > + bool free = false; > > struct ioasid_data *ioasid_data; > > > > spin_lock(&ioasid_allocator_lock); > > @@ -360,6 +383,10 @@ void ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid) > > goto exit_unlock; > > } > > > > + free = refcount_dec_and_test(&ioasid_data->refs); > > + if (!free) > > + goto exit_unlock; > > + > Just FYI, we may need to add states for the IOASID, i.g. mark the IOASID > inactive after free. And prohibit ioasid_get() after freed. For VT-d, > this is useful when KVM queries the IOASID. > > > active_allocator->ops->free(ioasid, > > active_allocator->ops->pdata); /* Custom allocator needs additional > > steps to free the xa element */ if (active_allocator->flags & > > IOASID_ALLOCATOR_CUSTOM) { @@ -369,6 +396,7 @@ void > > ioasid_free(ioasid_t ioasid) > > exit_unlock: > > spin_unlock(&ioasid_allocator_lock); > > + return free; > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ioasid_free); > > > > [Jacob Pan]