Re: [PATCH V2] PCI/DOE: Detect on stack work items automatically

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Thu Nov 17 2022 - 19:08:33 EST


On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 04:05:24PM -0800, Ira wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

Sorry about the extra pre-patches listed below. They are not needed.

>
> Work item initialization needs to be done with either
> INIT_WORK_ONSTACK() or INIT_WORK() depending on how the work item is
> allocated.
>
> The callers of pci_doe_submit_task() allocate struct pci_doe_task on the
> stack and pci_doe_submit_task() incorrectly used INIT_WORK().
>
> Jonathan suggested creating doe task allocation macros such as
> DECLARE_CDAT_DOE_TASK_ONSTACK().[1] The issue with this is the work
> function is not known to the callers and must be initialized correctly.
>
> A follow up suggestion was to have an internal 'pci_doe_work' item
> allocated by pci_doe_submit_task().[2] This requires an allocation which
> could restrict the context where tasks are used.
>
> Another idea was to have an intermediate step to initialize the task
> struct with a new call.[3] This added a lot of complexity.
>
> Lukas pointed out that object_is_on_stack() is available to detect this
> automatically.
>
> Use object_is_on_stack() to determine the correct init work function to
> call.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/20221014151045.24781-1-Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m88a7f50dcce52f30c8bf5c3dcc06fa9843b54a2d
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/20221014151045.24781-1-Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m63c636c5135f304480370924f4d03c00357be667
> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221115011943.1051039-1-ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Gregory Price <gregory.price@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Changes from V1
> Update oneliner
> Use object_is_on_stack() to make this a simple fix
> ---
> drivers/pci/doe.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/doe.c b/drivers/pci/doe.c
> index e402f05068a5..42de517022d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/doe.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/doe.c
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> #include <linux/pci.h>
> #include <linux/pci-doe.h>
> #include <linux/workqueue.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
>
> #define PCI_DOE_PROTOCOL_DISCOVERY 0
>
> @@ -529,7 +530,10 @@ int pci_doe_submit_task(struct pci_doe_mb *doe_mb, struct pci_doe_task *task)
> return -EIO;
>
> task->doe_mb = doe_mb;
> - INIT_WORK(&task->work, doe_statemachine_work);
> + if (object_is_on_stack(&task->work))
> + INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&task->work, doe_statemachine_work);
> + else
> + INIT_WORK(&task->work, doe_statemachine_work);
> queue_work(doe_mb->work_queue, &task->work);
> return 0;
> }
>
> base-commit: 30a0b95b1335e12efef89dd78518ed3e4a71a763

This is correct.

> prerequisite-patch-id: dfea657e07f37aa9d7c3d477d68b07f64fe78721
> prerequisite-patch-id: e27264e76e637214ee50cdab0e5854b223d44b4e

These are not needed...

Sorry, should I resend?

Ira

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