From ff3c44e675054533403909ecb76e78c1d4efbd26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Herbert Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 14:11:00 -0800 Subject: rcu: Add list_next_or_null_rcu This is a convenience function that returns the next entry in an RCU list or NULL if at the end of the list. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/rculist.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/rculist.h') diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h index 14ec1652daf4..17d4f849c65e 100644 --- a/include/linux/rculist.h +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h @@ -318,6 +318,27 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init_rcu(struct list_head *list, likely(__ptr != __next) ? list_entry_rcu(__next, type, member) : NULL; \ }) +/** + * list_next_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list + * @head: the head for the list. + * @ptr: the list head to take the next element from. + * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in. + * @member: the name of the list_head within the struct. + * + * Note that if the ptr is at the end of the list, NULL is returned. + * + * This primitive may safely run concurrently with the _rcu list-mutation + * primitives such as list_add_rcu() as long as it's guarded by rcu_read_lock(). + */ +#define list_next_or_null_rcu(head, ptr, type, member) \ +({ \ + struct list_head *__head = (head); \ + struct list_head *__ptr = (ptr); \ + struct list_head *__next = READ_ONCE(__ptr->next); \ + likely(__next != __head) ? list_entry_rcu(__next, type, \ + member) : NULL; \ +}) + /** * list_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type * @pos: the type * to use as a loop cursor. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b