From: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@au1.ibm.com>
To: "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@au1.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
mikey@neuling.org, vaibhav@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, malat@debian.org,
felix@linux.vnet.ibm.com, pombredanne@nexb.com,
sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com, npiggin@gmail.com,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, arnd@arndb.de,
fbarrat@linux.vnet.ibm.com, corbet@lwn.net,
"Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@d-silva.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 14:29:57 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65f643c0-6ac0-a88f-6822-c95d17c83a9f@au1.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180511061303.10728-4-alastair@au1.ibm.com>
On 11/05/18 16:12, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
>
> The current implementation of TID allocation, using a global IDR, may
> result in an errant process starving the system of available TIDs.
> Instead, use task_pid_nr(), as mentioned by the original author. The
> scenario described which prevented it's use is not applicable, as
> set_thread_tidr can only be called after the task struct has been
> populated.
>
> In the unlikely event that 2 threads share the TID and are waiting,
> all potential outcomes have been determined safe.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
Thanks for the clarifying comment. The diff is painful to read but I
think it makes sense :)
Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@au1.ibm.com>
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@au1.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-31 4:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-11 6:12 [PATCH v5 0/7] ocxl: Implement Power9 as_notify/wait for OpenCAPI Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 6:12 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] powerpc: Add TIDR CPU feature for POWER9 Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 8:38 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:19 ` Andrew Donnellan
2018-06-04 14:10 ` [v5,1/7] " Michael Ellerman
2018-05-11 6:12 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] powerpc: Use TIDR CPU feature to control TIDR allocation Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 8:46 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:20 ` Andrew Donnellan
2018-05-11 6:12 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 8:48 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:29 ` Andrew Donnellan [this message]
2018-05-11 6:13 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] ocxl: Rename pnv_ocxl_spa_remove_pe to clarify it's action Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 8:49 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:32 ` Andrew Donnellan
2018-05-11 6:13 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] ocxl: Expose the thread_id needed for wait on POWER9 Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 9:25 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-11 10:06 ` Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 11:03 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:42 ` Andrew Donnellan
2018-05-11 6:13 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] ocxl: Add an IOCTL so userspace knows what OCXL features are available Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 9:27 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:46 ` Andrew Donnellan
2018-05-11 6:13 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs Alastair D'Silva
2018-05-11 9:28 ` Frederic Barrat
2018-05-31 4:48 ` Andrew Donnellan
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