On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 02:22:53PM +0200, Nikos Tsironis wrote:
> Commit 1c97be677f72b3 ("list: Use WRITE_ONCE() when adding to lists and
> hlists") introduced the use of WRITE_ONCE() to atomically write the list
> head's ->next pointer.
>
> hlist_add_behind() doesn't touch the hlist head's ->first pointer so
> there is no reason to use WRITE_ONCE() in this case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nikos Tsironis <ntsironis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ilias Tsitsimpis <iliastsi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/list.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
> index edb7628e46ed..b68d2a85859b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/list.h
> +++ b/include/linux/list.h
> @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static inline void hlist_add_behind(struct hlist_node *n,
> struct hlist_node *prev)
> {
> n->next = prev->next;
> - WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, n);
> + prev->next = n;
> n->pprev = &prev->next;
>
> if (n->next)
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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