Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] nvme-rdma: use ib_client API to wrap ib_device

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On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 02:29:56PM +0200, Roman Pen wrote:
> ib_client API provides a way to wrap an ib_device with a specific ULP
> structure.  Using that API local lists and mutexes can be completely
> avoided and allocation/removal paths become a bit cleaner.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-nvme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
> index 1eb4438a8763..dd79250c9df4 100644
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
> @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct nvme_rdma_device {
>  	struct ib_device	*dev;
>  	struct ib_pd		*pd;
>  	struct kref		ref;
> -	struct list_head	entry;
>  };
>  
>  struct nvme_rdma_qe {
> @@ -124,9 +123,7 @@ static inline struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *to_rdma_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
>  	return container_of(ctrl, struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, ctrl);
>  }
>  
> -static LIST_HEAD(device_list);
> -static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_list_mutex);
> -
> +static struct ib_client nvme_rdma_ib_client;
>  static LIST_HEAD(nvme_rdma_ctrl_list);
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
>  
> @@ -325,17 +322,14 @@ static void nvme_rdma_free_dev(struct kref *ref)
>  	struct nvme_rdma_device *ndev =
>  		container_of(ref, struct nvme_rdma_device, ref);
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&device_list_mutex);
> -	list_del(&ndev->entry);
> -	mutex_unlock(&device_list_mutex);
> -
> +	ib_set_client_data(ndev->dev, &nvme_rdma_ib_client, NULL);
>  	ib_dealloc_pd(ndev->pd);
>  	kfree(ndev);
>  }
>  
> -static void nvme_rdma_dev_put(struct nvme_rdma_device *dev)
> +static int nvme_rdma_dev_put(struct nvme_rdma_device *dev)
>  {
> -	kref_put(&dev->ref, nvme_rdma_free_dev);
> +	return kref_put(&dev->ref, nvme_rdma_free_dev);
>  }
>  
>  static int nvme_rdma_dev_get(struct nvme_rdma_device *dev)
> @@ -348,43 +342,42 @@ nvme_rdma_find_get_device(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id)
>  {
>  	struct nvme_rdma_device *ndev;
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&device_list_mutex);
> -	list_for_each_entry(ndev, &device_list, entry) {
> -		if (ndev->dev->node_guid == cm_id->device->node_guid &&
> -		    nvme_rdma_dev_get(ndev))
> -			goto out_unlock;
> +	ndev = ib_get_client_data(cm_id->device, &nvme_rdma_ib_client);
> +	if (ndev && WARN_ON(!nvme_rdma_dev_get(ndev)))
> +		ndev = NULL;

I think this is a much better idea to use the client data than
maintaining an internal list - this is what client data was for..

But I wonder if the allocation of the client data should be deferred
until the ulp actually needs to use the device?

Jason
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