Re: [PATCH-v2 3/4] target: Fix change depth se_session reference usage

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:29:32PM -0800, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> With this patch in place, this function is now also called by
> core_tpg_set_initiator_node_queue_depth(), where previously it was
> called only during target_alloc_node_acl().
> 
> Might as well drop the ignored return while we're at it..

Please add it to the patch description..

> > > +			continue;
> > > +		}
> > > +		target_put_session(sess);
> > > +		spin_lock_irqsave(&acl->nacl_sess_lock, flags);
> > >  	}
> > > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acl->nacl_sess_lock, flags);
> > 
> > It seems at thus point there is no need for ->shutdown_session, it
> > could be folded into ->close_session in a follow on patch.
> > 
> 
> Not exactly.
> 
> It's the final target_put_session() -> kref_put() upon
> se_sess->sess_kref that invokes TFO->close_session().

I know.  But we are dropping the only long term held reference
here, so the two are more or less equivalent. 

> > > -void target_get_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
> > > +int target_get_session(struct se_session *se_sess)
> > >  {
> > > -	kref_get(&se_sess->sess_kref);
> > > +	return kref_get_unless_zero(&se_sess->sess_kref);
> > >  }
> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(target_get_session);
> > 
> > I'd be much happier to have a separate prep patch for this..
> 
> Since this will need to hit stable at some point, it likely needs to
> stay with the original bug-fix.

Please at least document it in the patch description.  I'd still
be happier to have the change to target_get_session as a preparatory
patch, though.
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