[PATCH 13/15] nvme: add Clang context annotations in rdma.c
Nilay Shroff
nilay at linux.ibm.com
Wed Jun 10 07:27:33 PDT 2026
The device_list and nvme_rdma_device::entry are protected by
device_list_mutex. Annotate both with __guarded_by() so that Clang's
context analysis can validate accesses against the corresponding
locking requirements.
Similarly, nvme_rdma_ctrl_list and nvme_rdma_ctrl::list are protected
by nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex. Annotate them with
__guarded_by(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex).
It is safe to initialize nvme_rdma_ctrl::list while allocating the
controller object because the list entry has not yet been added to
nvme_rdma_ctrl_list. Annotate the initialization with
context_unsafe() to suppress the corresponding Clang warning.
After adding the above annotations, Clang reports the following
warning:
drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c:972:24: warning: passing pointer to variable 'list' requires holding mutex 'nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex'
[-Wthread-safety-pointer]
972 | if (list_empty(&ctrl->list))
| ^
Fix the warning by performing the list_empty() check while holding
nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index f77c960f7632..a50efe3709d8 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@
#define NVME_RDMA_METADATA_SGL_SIZE \
(sizeof(struct scatterlist) * NVME_INLINE_METADATA_SG_CNT)
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_list_mutex);
+static __guarded_by(&device_list_mutex) LIST_HEAD(device_list);
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
+static __guarded_by(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex) LIST_HEAD(nvme_rdma_ctrl_list);
+
struct nvme_rdma_device {
struct ib_device *dev;
struct ib_pd *pd;
struct kref ref;
- struct list_head entry;
+ struct list_head entry __guarded_by(&device_list_mutex);
unsigned int num_inline_segments;
};
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ struct nvme_rdma_ctrl {
struct delayed_work reconnect_work;
- struct list_head list;
+ struct list_head list __guarded_by(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
struct blk_mq_tag_set admin_tag_set;
struct nvme_rdma_device *device;
@@ -132,12 +138,6 @@ static inline struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *to_rdma_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
return container_of(ctrl, struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, ctrl);
}
-static LIST_HEAD(device_list);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_list_mutex);
-
-static LIST_HEAD(nvme_rdma_ctrl_list);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
-
/*
* Disabling this option makes small I/O goes faster, but is fundamentally
* unsafe. With it turned off we will have to register a global rkey that
@@ -969,10 +969,12 @@ static void nvme_rdma_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl)
{
struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = to_rdma_ctrl(nctrl);
- if (list_empty(&ctrl->list))
- goto free_ctrl;
mutex_lock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
+ if (list_empty(&ctrl->list)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
+ goto free_ctrl;
+ }
list_del(&ctrl->list);
mutex_unlock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
@@ -2252,7 +2254,10 @@ static struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *nvme_rdma_alloc_ctrl(struct device *dev,
if (!ctrl)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
ctrl->ctrl.opts = opts;
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->list);
+ /*
+ * Safe to init list while allocating ctrl object.
+ */
+ context_unsafe(INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->list));
if (!(opts->mask & NVMF_OPT_TRSVCID)) {
opts->trsvcid =
--
2.53.0
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