[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 5/6 v2] IB: IP address based RDMA	connection manager
    Roland Dreier 
    rdreier at cisco.com
       
    Mon Mar 13 07:43:28 PST 2006
    
    
  
It seems that cma_detach_from_dev():
 > +static void cma_detach_from_dev(struct rdma_id_private *id_priv)
 > +{
 > +	list_del(&id_priv->list);
 > +	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&id_priv->cma_dev->refcount))
 > +		wake_up(&id_priv->cma_dev->wait);
 > +	id_priv->cma_dev = NULL;
 > +}
doesn't need to do atomic_dec_and_test(), because it is never dropping
the last reference to id_priv (and in fact if it was, the last line
would be a use-after-free bug).
Does it make sense to replace it with:
	static void cma_detach_from_dev(struct rdma_id_private *id_priv)
	{
		list_del(&id_priv->list);
		/*
		 * cma_detach_from_dev() will never be dropping the last
		 * reference to id_priv, so no need to test here.
		 */
		atomic_dec(&id_priv->cma_dev->refcount);
		id_priv->cma_dev = NULL;
	}
on my x86_64 build that's worth
	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-40 (-40)
	function                                     old     new   delta
	cma_detach_from_dev                          106      66     -40
 - R.
    
    
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