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SubjectRe: [PATCHv2 1/1] SCSI: update hosts module to use idr index management
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On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 10:14 -0700, Lee Duncan wrote:
> On 10/06/2015 02:40 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >> struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_lookup(unsigned short hostnum)
> >> {
> >> - struct device *cdev;
> >> - struct Scsi_Host *shost = NULL;
> >> -
> >> - cdev = class_find_device(&shost_class, NULL, &hostnum,
> >> - __scsi_host_match);
> >> - if (cdev) {
> >> - shost = scsi_host_get(class_to_shost(cdev));
> >> - put_device(cdev);
> >> - }
> >> + struct Scsi_Host *shost;
> >> +
> >> + spin_lock(&host_index_lock);
> >> + shost = idr_find(&host_index_idr, hostnum);
> >> + spin_unlock(&host_index_lock);
> >> +
> >> return shost;
> >
> > How does this actually grab a reference to the host?
>
> Good catch -- I should have noticed that.
>
> I will resubmit the patch.

I'll wait to see what you produce, but I don't think, using a separate
idr array, you can close the race window between lookup and get. One of
the nice things about using the cdev iterator is that the get is part of
the lookup process.

James




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