Re: [PATCH 09/23] ns: Introduce ns_idr to be able to iterate all allocated namespaces in the system

[Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>]

On 30.07.2020 17:15, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 05:12:09PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>> On 30.07.2020 16:56, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 04:32:22PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>>> On 30.07.2020 15:23, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>>>>> xa_erase_irqsave();
>>>>
>>>> static inline void *xa_erase_irqsave(struct xarray *xa, unsigned long index)
>>>> {
>>>> 	unsigned long flags;
>>>>         void *entry;
>>>>
>>>>         xa_lock_irqsave(xa, flags);
>>>>         entry = __xa_erase(xa, index);
>>>>         xa_unlock_irqrestore(xa, flags);
>>>>
>>>>         return entry;
>>>> }
>>>
>>> was there a question here?
>>
>> No, I just I will add this in separate patch.
> 
> Ah, yes.  Thanks!
> 
>>>>>> +struct ns_common *ns_get_next(unsigned int *id)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +	struct ns_common *ns;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +	if (*id < PROC_NS_MIN_INO - 1)
>>>>>> +		*id = PROC_NS_MIN_INO - 1;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +	*id += 1;
>>>>>> +	*id -= PROC_NS_MIN_INO;
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +	rcu_read_lock();
>>>>>> +	do {
>>>>>> +		ns = idr_get_next(&ns_idr, id);
>>>>>> +		if (!ns)
>>>>>> +			break;
>>>>>
>>>>> xa_find_after();
>>>>>
>>>>> You'll want a temporary unsigned long to work with ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> +		if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&ns->count)) {
>>>>>> +			ns = NULL;
>>>>>> +			*id += 1;
>>>>>
>>>>> you won't need this increment.
>>>>
>>>> Why? I don't see a way xarray allows to avoid this.
>>>
>>> It's embedded in xa_find_after().
>>  
>> How is it embedded to check ns->count that it knows nothing?
> 
> I meant you won't need to increment '*id'.  The refcount is, of course,
> your business.

Ok, this brings comfort to me, because first time I thought xarray is a
big brother, which knows everything about my counters :)