Hi Michael, On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 10:09:39PM -0700, mhkelley58@xxxxxxxxx wrote: [...] > diff --git a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h > index bf35bb40c55e..571b2955b38e 100644 > --- a/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h > +++ b/drivers/hv/hyperv_vmbus.h > @@ -264,6 +264,14 @@ struct vmbus_connection { > struct irq_domain *vmbus_irq_domain; > struct irq_chip vmbus_irq_chip; > > + /* > + * VM-wide counts of MODIFYCHANNEL messages sent and completed. > + * Used when taking a CPU offline to make sure the relevant > + * MODIFYCHANNEL messages have been completed. > + */ > + u64 modchan_sent; > + u64 modchan_completed; > + Looks to me, we can just use atomic64_t here: modifying channels is far from hotpath, so the cost of atomic increment is not a big issue, and we avoid possible data races now and in the future. Thoughts? Regards, Boqun > /* > * An offer message is handled first on the work_queue, and then > * is further handled on handle_primary_chan_wq or > -- > 2.25.1 >