The patch titled
proc: less LOCK/UNLOCK in remove_proc_entry()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
proc-less-lock-unlock-in-remove_proc_entry.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: proc: less LOCK/UNLOCK in remove_proc_entry()
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
For the common case where a proc entry is being removed and nobody is in
the process of using it, save a LOCK/UNLOCK pair.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/generic.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/proc/generic.c~proc-less-lock-unlock-in-remove_proc_entry fs/proc/generic.c
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c~proc-less-lock-unlock-in-remove_proc_entry
+++ a/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -826,12 +826,9 @@ void remove_proc_entry(const char *name,
wait_for_completion(de->pde_unload_completion);
- goto continue_removing;
+ spin_lock(&de->pde_unload_lock);
}
- spin_unlock(&de->pde_unload_lock);
-continue_removing:
- spin_lock(&de->pde_unload_lock);
while (!list_empty(&de->pde_openers)) {
struct pde_opener *pdeo;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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