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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 03/22] netconsole: Introduce 'enabled' state-machine
2010/12/14 Michał Mirosław <mirqus@gmail.com>:
> 2010/12/14 Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>:
>> Representing the internal state within netconsole isn't really a boolean
>> value, but rather a state machine with transitions.
> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
>> index 6e16888..288a025 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
> [...]
>> @@ -350,9 +362,9 @@ static ssize_t store_enabled(struct netconsole_target *nt,
>>                err = netpoll_setup(&nt->np);
>>                spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
>>                if (err)
>> -                       nt->enabled = 0;
>> +                       nt->np_state = NETPOLL_DISABLED;
>>                else
>> -                       nt->enabled = 1;
>> +                       nt->np_state = NETPOLL_ENABLED;
>>                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
>>                if (err)
>>                        return err;
> [...]
>
> Since the spinlock protects only nt->np_state setting, you might be
> able to remove it altogether and use cmpxchg() where nt->np_state
> transitions from enabled or disabled state.
>
> Maybe the locking scheme just needs more thought altogether?

The target_list_lock protects the list, as well as the state
transitions. This makes iterating through the list and getting a
consistent view of the targets a lot easier when it comes time to
transmitting packets we are guaranteed that nobody is changing the
target state underneath us if nt->np_state == NETPOLL_ENABLED while we
hold the lock.
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