Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] dax/bus.c: replace driver-core lock usage by a local rwsem

From: Verma, Vishal L
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 16:20:32 EST


On Tue, 2024-03-12 at 13:07 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Vishal Verma wrote:
> > The dax driver incorrectly used driver-core device locks to protect
> > internal dax region and dax device configuration structures. Replace the
> > device lock usage with a local rwsem, one each for dax region
> > configuration and dax device configuration. As a result of this
> > conversion, no device_lock() usage remains in dax/bus.c.
> >
> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/dax/bus.c | 220 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> >  1 file changed, 157 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> > index 1ff1ab5fa105..cb148f74ceda 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
> > @@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
> >  
> >  static DEFINE_MUTEX(dax_bus_lock);
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * All changes to the dax region configuration occur with this lock held
> > + * for write.
> > + */
> > +DECLARE_RWSEM(dax_region_rwsem);
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * All changes to the dax device configuration occur with this lock held
> > + * for write.
> > + */
> > +DECLARE_RWSEM(dax_dev_rwsem);
> > +
> >  #define DAX_NAME_LEN 30
> >  struct dax_id {
> >   struct list_head list;
> > @@ -180,7 +192,7 @@ static u64 dev_dax_size(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
> >   u64 size = 0;
> >   int i;
> >  
> > - device_lock_assert(&dev_dax->dev);
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!rwsem_is_locked(&dax_dev_rwsem));
>
> Apologies for the late review, but...
>
> All of these WARN_ON_ONCE() usages should be replaced with
> lockdep_assert_held() and lockdep_assert_held_write() where appropriate.

Makes sense - I can send a patch post -rc1 to change these if that's okay Andrew?