The patch titled Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: remove duplicated code has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-mqueuec-remove-duplicated-code.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-remove-duplicated-code.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-mqueuec-remove-duplicated-code.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc/mqueue.c: remove duplicated code pipelined_send() and pipelined_receive() are identical, so merge them. [manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: add changelog] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191020123305.14715-3-manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <1vier1@xxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/mqueue.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) --- a/ipc/mqueue.c~ipc-mqueuec-remove-duplicated-code +++ a/ipc/mqueue.c @@ -918,17 +918,12 @@ out_name: * The same algorithm is used for senders. */ -/* pipelined_send() - send a message directly to the task waiting in - * sys_mq_timedreceive() (without inserting message into a queue). - */ -static inline void pipelined_send(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, +static inline void __pipelined_op(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct mqueue_inode_info *info, - struct msg_msg *message, - struct ext_wait_queue *receiver) + struct ext_wait_queue *this) { - receiver->msg = message; - list_del(&receiver->list); - wake_q_add(wake_q, receiver->task); + list_del(&this->list); + wake_q_add(wake_q, this->task); /* * Rely on the implicit cmpxchg barrier from wake_q_add such * that we can ensure that updating receiver->state is the last @@ -937,7 +932,19 @@ static inline void pipelined_send(struct * yet, at that point we can later have a use-after-free * condition and bogus wakeup. */ - receiver->state = STATE_READY; + this->state = STATE_READY; +} + +/* pipelined_send() - send a message directly to the task waiting in + * sys_mq_timedreceive() (without inserting message into a queue). + */ +static inline void pipelined_send(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, + struct mqueue_inode_info *info, + struct msg_msg *message, + struct ext_wait_queue *receiver) +{ + receiver->msg = message; + __pipelined_op(wake_q, info, receiver); } /* pipelined_receive() - if there is task waiting in sys_mq_timedsend() @@ -955,9 +962,7 @@ static inline void pipelined_receive(str if (msg_insert(sender->msg, info)) return; - list_del(&sender->list); - wake_q_add(wake_q, sender->task); - sender->state = STATE_READY; + __pipelined_op(wake_q, info, sender); } static int do_mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, const char __user *u_msg_ptr, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx are ipc-mqueuec-remove-duplicated-code.patch