On 2014/9/9 20:37, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014, Jiang Liu wrote: > >> Introduce acpi_ioapic_registered() to check whether an IOAPIC has already >> been registered, it will be used when enabling IOAPIC hotplug. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h | 1 + >> arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c | 11 +++++++++++ >> arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 11 +++++++++++ >> include/linux/acpi.h | 1 + >> 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h >> index ce63cf34c93c..0db2b7037e4b 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h >> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/io_apic.h >> @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ extern void mp_unmap_irq(int irq); >> extern int mp_register_ioapic(int id, u32 address, u32 gsi_base, >> struct ioapic_domain_cfg *cfg); >> extern int mp_unregister_ioapic(u32 gsi_base); >> +extern int mp_ioapic_registered(u32 gsi_base); >> extern int mp_irqdomain_map(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq, >> irq_hw_number_t hwirq); >> extern void mp_irqdomain_unmap(struct irq_domain *domain, unsigned int virq); >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c >> index 560a6d1cb0f4..6aa796f77b71 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c >> @@ -810,6 +810,17 @@ int acpi_unregister_ioapic(acpi_handle handle, u32 gsi_base) >> } >> EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_unregister_ioapic); >> >> +int acpi_ioapic_registered(acpi_handle handle, u32 gsi_base) >> +{ >> + int ret; >> + >> + down_write(&acpi_ioapic_rwsem); > > Why down_write? You are merily checking whether the thing is > registered already. Yeah, a down_read() should be enough:) >> + ret = mp_ioapic_registered(gsi_base); >> + up_write(&acpi_ioapic_rwsem); >> + >> + return ret; >> +} > > So I assume that this is for a particular caller in the apci ioapic > hotplug code and that call site has its own serialization. Otherwise > the return value is not protected at all. > > Please add a Docbook comment to that function, and document the > locking rules as thats pretty non obvious. How about this comments about locking rules? /* * Locks related to IOAPIC hotplug * Hotplug side: * ->lock_device_hotplug() //device_hotplug_lock * ->acpi_ioapic_rwsem * ->ioapic_lock * Interrupt mapping side: * ->acpi_ioapic_rwsem * ->ioapic_mutex * ->ioapic_lock */ Regards! Gerry > > The such is missing in some other patches as well. > > Thanks, > > tglx > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html