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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/rculist.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rculist.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h index 127f534fec94..4786c2235b98 100644 --- a/include/linux/rculist.h +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h @@ -396,7 +396,16 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init_rcu(struct list_head *list, * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct. * * Continue to iterate over list of given type, continuing after - * the current position. + * the current position which must have been in the list when the RCU read + * lock was taken. + * This would typically require either that you obtained the node from a + * previous walk of the list in the same RCU read-side critical section, or + * that you held some sort of non-RCU reference (such as a reference count) + * to keep the node alive *and* in the list. + * + * This iterator is similar to list_for_each_entry_from_rcu() except + * this starts after the given position and that one starts at the given + * position. */ #define list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(pos, head, member) \ for (pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member); \ @@ -404,6 +413,27 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init_rcu(struct list_head *list, pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member)) /** + * list_for_each_entry_from_rcu - iterate over a list from current point + * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor. + * @head: the head for your list. + * @member: the name of the list_node within the struct. + * + * Iterate over the tail of a list starting from a given position, + * which must have been in the list when the RCU read lock was taken. + * This would typically require either that you obtained the node from a + * previous walk of the list in the same RCU read-side critical section, or + * that you held some sort of non-RCU reference (such as a reference count) + * to keep the node alive *and* in the list. + * + * This iterator is similar to list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() except + * this starts from the given position and that one starts from the position + * after the given position. + */ +#define list_for_each_entry_from_rcu(pos, head, member) \ + for (; &(pos)->member != (head); \ + pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*(pos)), member)) + +/** * hlist_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization * @n: the element to delete from the hash list. * |