From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: sysvipc: duplicate lock comments wrt ipc_addid() The comment in msgqueues when using ipc_addid() is quite useful imo. Duplicate it for shm and semaphores. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170831172049.14576-3-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/sem.c | 1 + ipc/shm.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN ipc/sem.c~sysvipc-duplicate-lock-comments-wrt-ipc_addid ipc/sem.c --- a/ipc/sem.c~sysvipc-duplicate-lock-comments-wrt-ipc_addid +++ a/ipc/sem.c @@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static int newary(struct ipc_namespace * sma->sem_nsems = nsems; sma->sem_ctime = ktime_get_real_seconds(); + /* ipc_addid() locks sma upon success. */ retval = ipc_addid(&sem_ids(ns), &sma->sem_perm, ns->sc_semmni); if (retval < 0) { call_rcu(&sma->sem_perm.rcu, sem_rcu_free); diff -puN ipc/shm.c~sysvipc-duplicate-lock-comments-wrt-ipc_addid ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~sysvipc-duplicate-lock-comments-wrt-ipc_addid +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace * shp->shm_file = file; shp->shm_creator = current; + /* ipc_addid() locks shp upon success. */ error = ipc_addid(&shm_ids(ns), &shp->shm_perm, ns->shm_ctlmni); if (error < 0) goto no_id; _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html