RE: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Fix possible recursive locking in intel_iommu_init()

From: Tian, Kevin
Date: Mon Jul 25 2022 - 03:41:34 EST


> From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2022 11:00 AM
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> On 2022/7/21 15:39, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> >> From: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 7:53 AM
> >>
> >> @@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ extern struct list_head dmar_drhd_units;
> >> static inline bool dmar_rcu_check(void)
> >> {
> >> return rwsem_is_locked(&dmar_global_lock) ||
> >> - system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING;
> >> + system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING ||
> >> + (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU)
> >> && !intel_iommu_enabled);
> >> }
> >
> > intel_iommu_enabled is 0 if CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU is not set.
> >
> > same for other similar checks.
>
> Sorry that I didn't get your point. If CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU is not set,
> IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU) is 0. The adding check has no effect.
> Did
> I miss anything?
>

My point was that the check on CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU is unnecessary.