The patch titled Subject: idr: make idr_get_next() good for rcu_read_lock() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is idr-make-idr_get_next-good-for-rcu_read_lock.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/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: idr: make idr_get_next() good for rcu_read_lock() Make one small adjustment to idr_get_next(): take the height from the top layer (stable under RCU) instead of from the root (unprotected by RCU), as idr_find() does: so that it can be used with RCU locking. Copied comment on RCU locking from idr_find(). Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/idr.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/idr.c~idr-make-idr_get_next-good-for-rcu_read_lock lib/idr.c --- a/lib/idr.c~idr-make-idr_get_next-good-for-rcu_read_lock +++ a/lib/idr.c @@ -595,8 +595,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_for_each); * Returns pointer to registered object with id, which is next number to * given id. After being looked up, *@nextidp will be updated for the next * iteration. + * + * This function can be called under rcu_read_lock(), given that the leaf + * pointers lifetimes are correctly managed. */ - void *idr_get_next(struct idr *idp, int *nextidp) { struct idr_layer *p, *pa[MAX_LEVEL]; @@ -605,11 +607,11 @@ void *idr_get_next(struct idr *idp, int int n, max; /* find first ent */ - n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS; - max = 1 << n; p = rcu_dereference_raw(idp->top); if (!p) return NULL; + n = (p->layer + 1) * IDR_BITS; + max = 1 << n; while (id < max) { while (n > 0 && p) { _ Subject: Subject: idr: make idr_get_next() good for rcu_read_lock() Patches currently in -mm which might be from hughd@xxxxxxxxxx are proc-clear_refs-do-not-clear-reserved-pages.patch mm-memcg-update-the-correct-soft-limit-tree-during-migration.patch shm_unlock-fix-long-unpreemptible-section.patch shm_unlock-fix-unevictable-pages-stranded-after-swap.patch mm-fix-rss-count-leakage-during-migration.patch mm-add-rss-counters-consistency-check.patch mm-postpone-migrated-page-mapping-reset.patch memcg-replace-mem_cont-by-mem_res_ctlr.patch memcg-replace-mem-and-mem_cont-stragglers.patch memcg-lru_size-instead-of-mem_cgroup_zstat.patch memcg-enum-lru_list-lru.patch memcg-remove-redundant-returns.patch idr-make-idr_get_next-good-for-rcu_read_lock.patch cgroup-revert-ss_id_lock-to-spinlock.patch memcg-let-css_get_next-rely-upon-rcu_read_lock.patch prio_tree-debugging-patch.patch -- 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