From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: Sharath Srinivasan <sharath.srinivasan@oracle.com>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next] RDMA/core: release devices_rwsem when calling device_del
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:53:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119195329.GK961572@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ec221ec7-6abb-41b7-9237-8e799bbb5683@oracle.com>
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:43:52AM -0800, Sharath Srinivasan wrote:
> The sync strategy in remove_all_compat_devs() can improved
> by adopting that of rdma_dev_exit_net() which releases devices_rwsem
> before calling remove_one_compat_dev()/device_del().
>
> Also fixes a comment typo in rdma_dev_exit_net().
You cannot change this locking without writing a huge commit message
explaining in detail the reason why any change like this is safe..
Jason
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 19:43 Sharath Srinivasan
2026-01-19 19:53 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2026-01-25 13:47 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-01-26 18:47 ` Sharath Srinivasan
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