Re: [PATCH net] rds: introduce acquire/release ordering in acquire/release_in_xmit()

From: Allison Henderson
Date: Thu Mar 14 2024 - 18:38:11 EST


On Thu, 2024-03-14 at 12:51 +0100, Michal Kubiak wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 08:21:35PM +0900, Yewon Choi wrote:
> > acquire/release_in_xmit() work as bit lock in rds_send_xmit(), so
> > they
> > are expected to ensure acquire/release memory ordering semantics.
> > However, test_and_set_bit/clear_bit() don't imply such semantics,
> > on
> > top of this, following smp_mb__after_atomic() does not guarantee
> > release
> > ordering (memory barrier actually should be placed before
> > clear_bit()).
> >
> > Instead, we use clear_bit_unlock/test_and_set_bit_lock() here.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yewon Choi <woni9911@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Missing "Fixes" tag for the patch addressed to the "net" tree.
>
> Thanks,
> Michal

Yes, I think it needs:

Fixes: 1f9ecd7eacfd ("RDS: Pass rds_conn_path to rds_send_xmit()")

Since that is the last patch to modify the affected code. Other than
that I think the patch looks good. With the tag fixed, you can add my
rvb:

Reviewed-by: Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
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