On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 06:35:41PM +0900, Keiichi KII wrote:
> >> static struct netpoll np = {
> >> > .name = "netconsole",
> >> > .dev_name = "eth0",
> >> > @@ -69,23 +84,91 @@ static struct netpoll np = {
> >> > .drop = netpoll_queue,
> >> > };
> >
> > Shouldn't this piece get dropped in this patch?
> >
>
> This piece isn't in -mm tree, but this piece is in 2.6.19.
> Which version should I follow ?
-mm, probably.
> >> -static int configured = 0;
> >> +static int add_netcon_dev(const char* target_opt)
> >> +{
> >> + static atomic_t netcon_dev_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> >
> > Hiding this inside a function seems wrong. Why do we need a count? If
> > we've already got a spinlock, why does it need to be atomic?
> >
>
> We don't have a spinlock for add_netcon_dev, because we don't need
> to get a spinlock for add_netcon_dev except for list operation.
> So, it must be atomic.
Or you can just increment the list counter inside the lock.
>
> >> local_irq_save(flags);
> >> + spin_lock(&netconsole_dev_list_lock);
> >> for(left = len; left; ) {
> >> frag = min(left, MAX_PRINT_CHUNK);
> >> - netpoll_send_udp(&np, msg, frag);
> >> + list_for_each_entry(dev, &active_netconsole_dev, list) {
> >> + spin_lock(&dev->netpoll_lock);
> >> + netpoll_send_udp(&dev->np, msg, frag);
> >> + spin_unlock(&dev->netpoll_lock);
> >
> > Why do we need a lock here? Why isn't the list lock sufficient? What
> > happens if either lock is held when we get here?
> >
>
> The netpoll_lock is for each structure containing information related to
> netpoll
> (remote IP address and port, local IP address and port and so on).
> If we don't take a spinlock for each structure, the target IP address and
> port
> number are subject to change on the way sending packets.
Why can't you simply define the list lock as protecting all the
structures on the list?
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