RDMA/mlx5: Use RCU and direct refcounts to keep memory alive
dispatch_event_fd() runs from a notifier with minimal locking, and relies on RCU and a file refcount to keep the uobject and eventfd alive. As the next patch wants to remove the file_operations release function from the drivers, re-organize things so that the devx_event_notifier() path uses the existing RCU to manage the lifetime of the uobject and eventfd. Move the refcount puts to a call_rcu so that the objects are guaranteed to exist and remove the indirect file refcount. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1578504126-9400-2-git-send-email-yishaih@mellanox.comSigned-off-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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