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Julian Wiedmann authored
zfcp_qdio_send() and zfcp_qdio_int_req() run concurrently, adding and
completing SBALs on the Request Queue. There's a theoretical race where
zfcp_qdio_int_req() completes a number of SBALs & increments the queue's
free-level _before_ zfcp_qdio_send() was able to decrement it.

This can cause ->req_q_free to momentarily hold a value larger than
QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q. Luckily zfcp_qdio_send() is always called under
->req_q_lock, and all readers of the free-level also take this lock. So we
can trust that zfcp_qdio_send() will clean up such a temporary overflow
before anyone can actually observe it.

But it's still confusing and annoying to worry about. So adjust the code to
avoid this race.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7f61f59a1f8db270312e64644f9173b8f1ac895f.1593780621.git.bblock@linux.ibm.com


Reviewed-by: default avatarSteffen Maier <maier@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJulian Wiedmann <jwi@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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