Re: [PATCH 1/2] IB/hfi1: Use preempt_{dis,en}able_nort()

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On 2017-10-05 18:30:19 [+0200], To Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On 2017-10-03 12:49:19 [-0300], Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c
> > index 615be68e40b3..3a30bde9a07b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.c
> > @@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ struct pio_buf *sc_buffer_alloc(struct send_context *sc, u32 dw_len,
> >  
> >  	/* there is enough room */
> >  
> > -	preempt_disable();
> > +	preempt_disable_nort();
> >  	this_cpu_inc(*sc->buffers_allocated);
> >  
> >  	/* read this once */
> 
> please replace the preempt_disable() / enable with local_lock() /
> unlock. The section does not look like it could cope with multiple users
> dereferencing / using the same per-CPU variables.

ignore me, there is a spin_lock to protect that…

Sebastian
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