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SubjectRe: [PATCH 21/25] serial: change remove NR_IRQS in 8250.c v2
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> Looks like we can also tweak serial_do_unlink to free irq_info when
>> the list goes empty, so we don't have a leak if the driver is ever
>> unloaded.
>
> Like this (again not yet tested)
>
> 8250: Remove NR_IRQ usage
>
> From: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

I think we've just about got it.

> /*
> * Here we define the default xmit fifo size used for each type of UART.
> @@ -1541,9 +1545,32 @@ static void serial_do_unlink(struct irq_info *i, struct
> uart_8250_port *up)
>
> static int serial_link_irq_chain(struct uart_8250_port *up)
> {
> - struct irq_info *i = irq_lists + up->port.irq;
> + struct hlist_head *h;
> + struct hlist_node *n;
> + struct irq_info *i;
> int ret, irq_flags = up->port.flags & UPF_SHARE_IRQ ? IRQF_SHARED : 0;
>
> + mutex_lock(&hash_mutex);
> +
> + h = &irq_lists[up->port.irq % NR_IRQ_HASH];
> +
> + hlist_for_each(n, h) {
> + i = hlist_entry(n, struct irq_info, node);
> + if (i->irq == up->port.irq)
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (n == NULL) {
> + i = kzalloc(sizeof(struct irq_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (i == NULL) {
> + mutex_unlock(&hash_mutex);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> + spin_lock_init(&i->lock);
> + hlist_add_head(&i->node, h);
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&hash_mutex);
> +
> spin_lock_irq(&i->lock);
>
> if (i->head) {

Note there is also an error path that calls serial_do_unlink in serial_link_irq_chain.
That we might want to free the entry in. Do we want move hash table entry freeing
into serial_do_unlink or duplicate it here?

Eric


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