On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 08:19:28AM -0700, Keith Busch wrote: > From: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx> > > This patch set targets a subset of pci bus scanning and removals that > were shown to be problematic with deep pci topologies that support > native hotplug. I've tried to capture the common pci components, but > there are definitely many subsystems accessing the topology in their own > way, many of which I can't possibly test, and I have not tried to > convert every user to this new locking scheme. However, if I did this > correctly, they should be no worse off than today! > > The earlier patches are just cleanups and/or making it a little easier > to change the locking schemes. The real stuff happens from patches 7 and > 8. > > I've run this with lockdep enabled, tested concurrent hotplug events on > various x86 platforms with layers of pci switches. That said, as > mentioned earlier, there are many paths to here that I haven't been able > to test, so the final patch might be considered experimental. Any thoughts on this new scheme? I know I sent this during the merge window, so maybe bad timing on my part. Changing the locks like this is kind of scary too, so if that's the case, could we reconsider the band-aid patch from before? https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20240612181625.3604512-2-kbusch@xxxxxxxx/
