Re: [PATCH 3/4] tcm_vhost: Fix vs->vs_endpoint checking in vhost_scsi_handle_vq()

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 10:42:50AM +0800, Asias He wrote:
> vs->vs_endpoint is protected by the vs->dev.mutex. Use
> tcm_vhost_check_endpoint() to do check. The helper does the needed
> locking for us.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>

This takes dev mutex on data path which will introduce
contention esp for multiqueue.
How about storing the endpoint as part of vq
private data and protecting with vq mutex?

> ---
>  drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
> index 29612bc..61093d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
> @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_handle_vq(struct vhost_scsi *vs,
>  	u8 target;
>  
>  	/* Must use ioctl VHOST_SCSI_SET_ENDPOINT */
> -	if (unlikely(!vs->vs_endpoint))
> +	if (!tcm_vhost_check_endpoint(vs))
>  		return;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&vq->mutex);
> -- 
> 1.8.1.4
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