Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: Fix potential deadlock on &sde->flushlist_lock

From: Dennis Dalessandro
Date: Wed Jul 05 2023 - 10:08:26 EST


On 7/5/23 2:47 AM, Chengfeng Ye wrote:
>> Exactly, we already called to spin_lock_irqsave(), there is no value in
>> doing it twice.
>
> Oh yeah, I just notice that the lock acquisition of &sde->flushlist_lock
> is always nested inside &sde->tail_lock due to the goto. Then it is true
> that no need for irq invariant lock/unlock on &sde->flushlist_lock.
>
> Thanks much for your reply and your time.

Agree. Thanks Leon for looking at this. I was out of the office and just now
seen it.

-Denny