The patch titled
Subject: fs/epoll: rename check_events label to send_events
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fs-epoll-rename-check_events-label-to-send_events.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-epoll-rename-check_events-label-to-send_events.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-epoll-rename-check_events-label-to-send_events.patch
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From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: fs/epoll: rename check_events label to send_events
It is currently called check_events because it, well, did exactly that.
However, since the lockless ep_events_available() call, the label no
longer checks, but just sends the events. Rename as such.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181114182532.27981-1-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c~fs-epoll-rename-check_events-label-to-send_events
+++ a/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep,
eavail = ep_events_available(ep);
spin_unlock_irq(&ep->wq.lock);
- goto check_events;
+ goto send_events;
}
fetch_events:
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ fetch_events:
eavail = ep_events_available(ep);
if (eavail)
- goto check_events;
+ goto send_events;
/*
* Busy poll timed out. Drop NAPI ID for now, we can add
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ fetch_events:
__remove_wait_queue(&ep->wq, &wait);
spin_unlock_irq(&ep->wq.lock);
-check_events:
+send_events:
/*
* Try to transfer events to user space. In case we get 0 events and
* there's still timeout left over, we go trying again in search of
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
fs-epoll-remove-max_nests-argument-from-ep_call_nested.patch
fs-epoll-simplify-ep_send_events_proc-ready-list-loop.patch
fs-epoll-drop-ovflist-branch-prediction.patch
fs-epoll-robustify-ep-mtx-held-checks.patch
fs-epoll-reduce-the-scope-of-wq-lock-in-epoll_wait.patch
fs-epoll-reduce-the-scope-of-wq-lock-in-epoll_wait-fix.patch
fs-epoll-avoid-barrier-after-an-epoll_wait2-timeout.patch
fs-epoll-avoid-barrier-after-an-epoll_wait2-timeout-fix.patch
fs-epoll-rename-check_events-label-to-send_events.patch
fs-epoll-deal-with-wait_queue-only-once.patch
