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Use a notifier to implement mlx4_dispatch_event() in preparation to switch mlx4_en and mlx4_ib to be an auxiliary device. A problem is that if the mlx4_interface.event callback was replaced with something as mlx4_adrv.event then the implementation of mlx4_dispatch_event() would need to acquire a lock on a given device before executing this callback. That is necessary because otherwise there is no guarantee that the associated driver cannot get unbound when the callback is running. However, taking this lock is not possible because mlx4_dispatch_event() can be invoked from the hardirq context. Using an atomic notifier allows the driver to accurately record when it wants to receive these events and solves this problem. A handler registration is done by both mlx4_en and mlx4_ib at the end of their mlx4_interface.add callback. This matches the current situation when mlx4_add_device() would enable events for a given device immediately after this callback, by adding the device on the mlx4_priv.list. Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> Tested-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.