On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 10:07:40AM +0200, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote: > > > Am 05/07/2022 um 09:39 schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi: > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:15:23AM -0400, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote: > >> +void job_ref(Job *job) > >> +{ > >> + JOB_LOCK_GUARD(); > >> + job_ref_locked(job); > >> +} > > > > You don't need to fix this, but just a note: > > > > This API seems dangerous. If we don't hold the lock, how can we be sure > > job won't be unreferenced before we call job_ref()? We would need to be > > sure there exists another reference that won't be released until > > job_ref() returns... > > > > I guess that's a drawback of using this new serie organization :) > > This function is just a temporary placeholder to avoid having _locked > functions being called without the lock held (see previous serie > suggestions from Vladimir and Kevin). Ah, yes, I saw non-locked functions being removed after I reviewed this patch. A comment would help explain this to reviewers but there's no need to change it now. Thanks, Stefan