[PATCH v3 12/13] staging/rdma/hfi1: Reduce snoop locking scope in IOCTL handler.

ira.weiny at intel.com ira.weiny at intel.com
Wed Dec 2 05:43:37 UTC 2015


From: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro at intel.com>

This patch avoids issues while calling into copy from/to user while holding the
lock by only taking the lock when it is absolutely required.

The only commands which require the snoop lock are: *Set Filter *Clear Filter
*Clear Queue

Reviewed-by: Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny at intel.com>

---
Changes from V1:
	Adjust to add the done label which can't be removed until a later patch
	Removed SETLINKSTATE

 drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
index d7bc0ae9d20a..2f35834eb3de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/diag.c
@@ -1004,8 +1004,6 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		 */
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
-
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCSETLINKSTATE_EXTRA:
 		memset(&link_info, 0, sizeof(link_info));
@@ -1122,11 +1120,14 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCCLEARQUEUE:
 		snoop_dbg("Clearing snoop queue");
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		drain_snoop_list(&dd->hfi1_snoop.queue);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		break;
 
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCCLEARFILTER:
 		snoop_dbg("Clearing filter");
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		if (dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_callback) {
 			/* Drain packets first */
 			drain_snoop_list(&dd->hfi1_snoop.queue);
@@ -1134,6 +1135,7 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		}
 		kfree(dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_value);
 		dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_value = NULL;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		break;
 
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCSETFILTER:
@@ -1170,13 +1172,14 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			break;
 		}
 		/* Drain packets first */
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		drain_snoop_list(&dd->hfi1_snoop.queue);
 		dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_callback =
 			hfi1_filters[filter_cmd.opcode].filter;
 		/* just in case we see back to back sets */
 		kfree(dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_value);
 		dd->hfi1_snoop.filter_value = filter_value;
-
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 		break;
 	case HFI1_SNOOP_IOCGETVERSION:
 		value = SNOOP_CAPTURE_VERSION;
@@ -1200,7 +1203,6 @@ static long hfi1_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		break;
 	}
 done:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dd->hfi1_snoop.snoop_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.8.2



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