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Date:   Tue, 18 Jul 2023 23:10:39 -0700
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] kvm/vfio: avoid bouncing the mutex when adding
 and deleting groups
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 05:32:27AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 6:46 AM
> >
> > @@ -165,30 +161,26 @@ static int kvm_vfio_group_add(struct kvm_device
> > *dev, unsigned int fd)
> >  	list_for_each_entry(kvg, &kv->group_list, node) {
> >  		if (kvg->file == filp) {
> >  			ret = -EEXIST;
> > -			goto err_unlock;
> > +			goto out_unlock;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > 
> >  	kvg = kzalloc(sizeof(*kvg), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> >  	if (!kvg) {
> >  		ret = -ENOMEM;
> > -		goto err_unlock;
> > +		goto out_unlock;
> >  	}
> > 
> > -	kvg->file = filp;
> > +	kvg->file = get_file(filp);
> 
> Why is another reference required here?

Because the function now has a single exit point and the original
reference is dropped unconditionally on exit. It looks cleaner than
checking for non-zero "ret" and deciding whether the reference should be
dropped or kept.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry