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2007-10-19kernel-api docbook: fix content problemsRandy Dunlap
Fix kernel-api docbook contents problems. docproc: linux-2.6.23-git13/include/asm-x86/unaligned_32.h: No such file or directory Warning(linux-2.6.23-git13//include/linux/list.h:482): bad line: of list entry Warning(linux-2.6.23-git13//mm/filemap.c:864): No description found for parameter 'ra' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git13//block/ll_rw_blk.c:3760): No description found for parameter 'req' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git13//include/linux/input.h:1077): No description found for parameter 'private' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git13//include/linux/input.h:1077): No description found for parameter 'cdev' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: WU Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-17shrink_dcache_sb speedupDenis V. Lunev
This patch makes shrink_dcache_sb consistent with dentry pruning policy. On the first pass we iterate over dentry unused list and prepare some dentries for removal. However, since the existing code moves evicted dentries to the beginning of the LRU it can happen that fresh dentries from other superblocks will be inserted *before* our dentries. This can result in significant slowdown of shrink_dcache_sb(). Moreover, for virtual filesystems like unionfs which can call dput() during dentries kill existing code results in O(n^2) complexity. We observed 2 minutes shrink_dcache_sb() with only 35000 dentries. To avoid this effects we propose to isolate sb dentries at the end of LRU list. Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrey Mirkin <amirkin@openvz.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-10[NETNS]: Cleanup list walking in setup_net and cleanup_netPavel Emelyanov
I proposed introducing a list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse macro to be used in setup_net() when unrolling the failed ->init callback. Here is the macro and some more cleanup in the setup_net() itself to remove one variable from the stack :) The same thing is for the cleanup_net() - the existing list_for_each_entry_reverse() is used. Minor, but the code looks nicer. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-05-12include/linux: trivial repair whitespace damageDaniel Walker
Adding tabs where spaces currently are. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-08Introduce a handy list_first_entry macroPavel Emelianov
There are many places in the kernel where the construction like foo = list_entry(head->next, struct foo_struct, list); are used. The code might look more descriptive and neat if using the macro list_first_entry(head, type, member) \ list_entry((head)->next, type, member) Here is the macro itself and the examples of its usage in the generic code. If it will turn out to be useful, I can prepare the set of patches to inject in into arch-specific code, drivers, networking, etc. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Cc: John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] Numerous fixes to kernel-doc info in source files.Robert P. J. Day
A variety of (mostly) innocuous fixes to the embedded kernel-doc content in source files, including: * make multi-line initial descriptions single line * denote some function names, constants and structs as such * change erroneous opening '/*' to '/**' in a few places * reword some text for clarity Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-11[PATCH] add an RCU version of list splicingCorey Minyard
This patch is in support of the IPMI driver. I have tested this with the IPMI driver changes coming in the next patch. Add a list_splice_init_rcu() function to splice an RCU-protected list into another list. This takes the sync function as an argument, so one would do something like: INIT_LIST_HEAD(&list); list_splice_init_rcu(&source, &dest, synchronize_rcu); The idea being to keep the RCU API proliferation down to a dull roar. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-01-26[PATCH] fix various kernel-doc in header filesRobert P. J. Day
Fix a number of kernel-doc entries for header files in include/linux by making sure they begin with the appropriate '/**' notation and use @var notation. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-09-29[PATCH] Debug variants of linked list macrosDave Jones
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-14[PATCH] list_is_last utilityShailabh Nagar
Add another list utility function to check for last element in a list. Signed-off-by: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-27[PATCH] add poison.h and patch primary usersRandy Dunlap
Localize poison values into one header file for better documentation and easier/quicker debugging and so that the same values won't be used for multiple purposes. Use these constants in core arch., mm, driver, and fs code. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] list.h doc: change "counter" to "cursor"Randy Dunlap
Use loop "cursor" instead of loop "counter" for list iterator descriptions. They are not counters, they are pointers or positions. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-25[PATCH] fix list.h kernel-docRandy Dunlap
kernel-doc: Put all short function descriptions on one line or if they are too long, omit the short description & add a Description: section for them. Change some list iterator descriptions to use "current" point instead of "existing" point. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-23[PATCH] list: introduce list_replace() helperOleg Nesterov
list_replace() is similar to list_replace_rcu(), but unlike list_replace_rcu() it could be used when list_empty(old) == 1 doesn't use barriers Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-04-29[NET]: use hlist_unhashed()Akinobu Mita
Use hlist_unhashed() rather than accessing inside data structure. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <mita@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[LIST]: Introduce list_for_each_entry_fromArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
For iterating over list of given type continuing from existing point. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-20[LIST]: Introduce list_for_each_entry_safe_fromArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
For iterate over list of given type from existing point safe against removal of list entry. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-02-03[PATCH] list.h: don't evaluate macro args multiple timesZach Brown
I noticed that list.h init functions were evaluating macro arguments multiple times and thought it might be nice to protect the unsuspecting caller. Converting the macros to inline functions seems to reduce code size, too. A i386 defconfig build with gcc 3.3.3 from fc4: text data bss dec hex filename 3573148 565664 188828 4327640 4208d8 vmlinux.before 3572177 565664 188828 4326669 42050d vmlinux add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 11/144 up/down: 88/-1016 (-928) There was no difference in checkstack output. Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-10[PATCH] Add list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse()David Howells
Add list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse() to linux/list.h This is needed by unmerged cachefs and be an as-yet-unreviewed device_shutdown() fix. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-12-12[PATCH] add hlist_replace_rcu()Ingo Molnar
Add list_replace_rcu: replace old entry by new one. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] Remove hlist_for_each_rcu() API, convert existing use to ↵Paul E. McKenney
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu Remove the hlist_for_each_rcu() API, which is used only in one place, and is trivially converted to hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), making the code shorter and more readable. Any out-of-tree uses may be similarly converted. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-17[PATCH] list: add missing rcu_dereference on first elementHerbert Xu
It seems that all the list_*_rcu primitives are missing a memory barrier on the very first dereference. For example, #define list_for_each_rcu(pos, head) \ for (pos = (head)->next; prefetch(pos->next), pos != (head); \ pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next)) It will go something like: pos = (head)->next prefetch(pos->next) pos != (head) do stuff We're missing a barrier here. pos = rcu_dereference(pos->next) fetch pos->next barrier given by rcu_dereference(pos->next) store pos Without the missing barrier, the pos->next value may turn out to be stale. In fact, if "do stuff" were also dereferencing pos and relying on list_for_each_rcu to provide the barrier then it may also break. So here is a patch to make sure that we have a barrier for the first element in the list. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-08-29[LIST]: Add docbook header comments for hlist_add_{before,after}_rcu()Paul E. McKenney
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-08-29[IPV4]: Prepare FIB core for RCU.Robert Olsson
* RCU versions of hlist_***_rcu * fib_alias partial rcu port just whats needed now. Signed-off-by: Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@data.slu.se> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-08-29[CCID3]: Separate most of the packet history codeArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
This also changes the list_for_each_entry_safe_continue behaviour to match its kerneldoc comment, that is, to start after the pos passed. Also adds several helper functions from previously open coded fragments, making the code more clear. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-08-29[LIST]: Introduce list_for_each_entry_safe_continueArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Used in the dccp CCID3 code, that is going to be submitted RSN. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-06-25[PATCH] RCU: clean up a few remaining synchronize_kernel() callsPaul E. McKenney
2.6.12-rc6-mm1 has a few remaining synchronize_kernel()s, some (but not all) in comments. This patch changes these synchronize_kernel() calls (and comments) to synchronize_rcu() or synchronize_sched() as follows: - arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c mce_read(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with machine-check exceptions (synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - drivers/input/serio/i8042.c i8042_stop(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with i8042_interrupt() interrupt handler. Again, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - include/*/kdebug.h comments: change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with NMIs. As before, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it... - include/linux/list.h comment: change to synchronize_rcu(), since this comment is for list_del_rcu(). - security/keys/key.c unregister_key_type(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. - security/keys/process_keys.c install_session_keyring(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-04-16[PATCH] Fix comment in list.h that refers to nonexistent APIPaul E. McKenney
The hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() comment block refers to a nonexistent hlist_add_rcu() API, needs to change to hlist_add_head_rcu(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-01-10[PATCH] optimize prefetch() usage in list_for_each_xxxOleg Nesterov
This patch changes list_for_each_xxx iterators from: for (pos = (head)->next, prefetch(pos->next); pos != (head); pos = pos->next, prefetch(pos->next)) to: for (pos = (head)->next; prefetch(pos->next), pos != (head); pos = pos->next) Reduces my vmlinux .text size by 4401 bytes. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2004-10-27[PATCH] RCU: use rcu_assign_pointer()Paul E. McKenney
This patch uses the rcu_assign_pointer() API to eliminate a number of explicit memory barriers from code using RCU. This has been tested successfully on i386 and ppc64. Signed-off-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2004-09-22[PATCH] list_replace_rcu() in include/linux/list.hKaiGai Kohei
This attached patch adds list_replace_rcu() to include/linux/list.h for atomic updating operations according to RCU-model. void list_replace_rcu(struct list_head *old, struct list_head *new) The 'old' element is detached from the linked list, and the 'new' element is inserted to the same point of the linked list concurrently. This patch is necessary for the performance improvement of SELinux. See, http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/8/16/54 (Subject: RCU issue with SELinux) http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/8/30/63 (Subject: [PATCH]SELinux performance improvement by RCU) Signed-off-by: KaiGai, Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2004-08-22[PATCH] rcu: abstracted RCU dereferencingDipankar Sarma
Use abstracted RCU API to dereference RCU protected data. Hides barrier details. Patch from Paul McKenney. This patch introduced an rcu_dereference() macro that replaces most uses of smp_read_barrier_depends(). The new macro has the advantage of explicitly documenting which pointers are protected by RCU -- in contrast, it is sometimes difficult to figure out which pointer is being protected by a given smp_read_barrier_depends() call. Signed-off-by: Paul McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2004-07-29Merge nuts.davemloft.net:/disk1/BK/network-2.6David S. Miller
into nuts.davemloft.net:/disk1/BK/net-2.6
2004-07-29[BRIDGE]: forwarding table RCUStephen Hemminger
Convert the bridge forwarding database over to using RCU. This avoids a read_lock and atomic_inc/dec in the fast path of output. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
2004-07-28[PATCH] hlist_for_each_safe cleanupStephen Hemminger
Make code for hlist_for_each_safe use better code (same as hlist_for_each_entry_safe). Get rid of comment about prefetch, because that was fixed a while ago. Only current use of this is in the bridge code, that I maintain. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2004-07-15[PATCH] misc sparse cleanupsAlexander Viro
- missing ; between default: and } in sun4setup.c - cast of pointer to unsigned long long instead of unsigned long in x86_64 signal.c - missed annotations for ioctl structure in sparc64 openpromio.h (should've been in the same patch as the rest of drivers/sbus/* annotations) - 0->NULL in list.h and pmdisk.c
2004-04-19[PATCH] hlist_add_after() fixAndrew Morton
From: "Pedro Emanuel M. D. Pinto" <pepinto@student.dei.uc.pt> This currently-unused function is incorrectly implemented. Fix.
2004-04-11[PATCH] list.h cleanupAndrew Morton
- s/__inline__/inline/ - Remove lots of extraneous andi-was-here trailing whitespace
2004-04-11[PATCH] Improve list.h documentation for _rcu() primitivesAndrew Morton
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> The attached patch improves the documentation of the _rcu list primitives.
2004-02-11Fix "bus_for_each_dev()" and "bus_for_each_drv()", which did notLinus Torvalds
correctly handle the "restart from this device/driver" case, and caused oopses with ieee1394. This just uses "list_for_each_entry_continue()" instead. Add helper macro to make usage of "list_for_each_entry_continue()" a bit more readable.
2003-12-29[PATCH] list_empty_careful() documentation.Andrew Morton
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> I'd also suggest the following patch below, to clarify the use of unsynchronized list_empty(). list_empty_careful() can only be safe in the very specific case of "one-shot" list entries which might be removed by another CPU. (but nothing else can happen to them and this is their only final state.) list_empty_careful() is otherwise completely unsynchronized on both the compiler and CPU level and is not 'SMP safe' in any way.
2003-12-11Fix subtle bug in "finish_wait()", which can cause kernel stackLinus Torvalds
corruption on SMP because of another CPU still accessing a waitqueue even after it was de-allocated. Use a careful version of the list emptiness check to make sure we don't de-allocate the stack frame before the waitqueue is all done.
2003-10-04[PATCH] Change list_emtpy() to take a const pointerRusty Russell
From: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>
2003-10-04[PATCH] hlist constificationRusty Russell
From: Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch@sfgoth.com> Make some more of the hlist functions accept constant arguments.
2003-10-04[PATCH] kernel documentation fixesAndrew Morton
From: Michael Still <mikal@stillhq.com> The patch squelches build errors in the kernel-doc make targets by adding documentation to arguements previously not documented, and updating the argument names where they have changed.
2003-09-29[KERNEL]: Introduce list_for_each_entry_continue.Julian Anastasov
2003-06-15o list.h: implement hlist_for_each_entry_{from,continue}Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2003-06-11Fix rcu list poisoning - since another CPU may be traversing the listLinus Torvalds
as we delete the entry, we can only poison the back pointer, not the traversal pointer (rcu traversal only ever walks forward). Make __d_drop() take this into account.
2003-06-10Merge bk://ldm.bkbits.net/linux-2.5-coreLinus Torvalds
into home.transmeta.com:/home/torvalds/v2.5/linux
2003-06-10Hand mergePatrick Mochel