On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 03:43:25PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add self-contained with locks device name to index function.
>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Bloch <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h | 1 +
> drivers/infiniband/core/device.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
> index ded3850721e0..e71dd1814bf0 100644
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
> @@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ static inline int ib_mad_enforce_security(struct ib_mad_agent_private *map,
> #endif
>
> struct ib_device *__ib_device_get_by_index(u32 ifindex);
> +struct ib_device *ib_device_get_by_index(u32 ifindex);
> /* RDMA device netlink */
> void nldev_init(void);
> void nldev_exit(void);
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
> index cb69357a1909..adf3a4ca038b 100644
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
> @@ -150,6 +150,22 @@ struct ib_device *__ib_device_get_by_index(u32 index)
> return NULL;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Caller is responsible to return refrerence count by calling put_device()
> + */
> +struct ib_device *ib_device_get_by_index(u32 index)
> +{
> + struct ib_device *device;
> +
> + down_write(&lists_rwsem);
> + device = __ib_device_get_by_index(index);
> + if (device)
> + get_device(&device->dev);
> +
> + up_write(&lists_rwsem);
> + return device;
> +}
If you hold the write side of lists_rwsem you must also hold
device_mutex.
But the write side is only needed if the code mutates the device_list
or client list, and this does neither, so it should be the read lock, right?
Jason
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