Two kernel threads may get the same value for agent.hi_tid, if the agents are registered for different ports. As of now, this works, as the agent list is per port. It is however confusing and not future robust. Hence, making it atomic. Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c index c50596f7f98a..b28452a55a08 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module_param_named(recv_queue_size, mad_recvq_size, int, 0444); MODULE_PARM_DESC(recv_queue_size, "Size of receive queue in number of work requests"); static struct list_head ib_mad_port_list; -static u32 ib_mad_client_id = 0; +static atomic_t ib_mad_client_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0); /* Port list lock */ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ib_mad_port_list_lock); @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ struct ib_mad_agent *ib_register_mad_agent(struct ib_device *device, } spin_lock_irqsave(&port_priv->reg_lock, flags); - mad_agent_priv->agent.hi_tid = ++ib_mad_client_id; + mad_agent_priv->agent.hi_tid = atomic_inc_return(&ib_mad_client_id); /* * Make sure MAD registration (if supplied) -- 2.13.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html