This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ipc: drop ipc_lock_by_ptr to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ipc-drop-ipc_lock_by_ptr.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 32a2750010981216fb788c5190fb0e646abfab30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:26:29 -0700 Subject: ipc: drop ipc_lock_by_ptr From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> commit 32a2750010981216fb788c5190fb0e646abfab30 upstream. After previous cleanups and optimizations, this function is no longer heavily used and we don't have a good reason to keep it. Update the few remaining callers and get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/namespace.c | 3 ++- ipc/util.c | 6 ++++-- ipc/util.h | 6 ------ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- a/ipc/namespace.c +++ b/ipc/namespace.c @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ void free_ipcs(struct ipc_namespace *ns, perm = idr_find(&ids->ipcs_idr, next_id); if (perm == NULL) continue; - ipc_lock_by_ptr(perm); + rcu_read_lock(); + ipc_lock_object(perm); free(ns, perm); total++; } --- a/ipc/util.c +++ b/ipc/util.c @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ static struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_findkey continue; } - ipc_lock_by_ptr(ipc); + rcu_read_lock(); + ipc_lock_object(ipc); return ipc; } @@ -838,7 +839,8 @@ static struct kern_ipc_perm *sysvipc_fin ipc = idr_find(&ids->ipcs_idr, pos); if (ipc != NULL) { *new_pos = pos + 1; - ipc_lock_by_ptr(ipc); + rcu_read_lock(); + ipc_lock_object(ipc); return ipc; } } --- a/ipc/util.h +++ b/ipc/util.h @@ -171,12 +171,6 @@ static inline void ipc_assert_locked_obj assert_spin_locked(&perm->lock); } -static inline void ipc_lock_by_ptr(struct kern_ipc_perm *perm) -{ - rcu_read_lock(); - ipc_lock_object(perm); -} - static inline void ipc_unlock(struct kern_ipc_perm *perm) { ipc_unlock_object(perm); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx are queue-3.10/ipc-drop-ipc_lock_by_ptr.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-drop-msg_unlock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-in-shmctl_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-introduce-lockless-functions-to-obtain-the-ipc-object.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgctl_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-rename-ids-rw_mutex.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-introduce-lockless-functions-to-obtain-the-ipc-object.patch queue-3.10/ipc-remove-unused-functions.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-for-shmat.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-introduce-msgctl_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-move-rcu-lock-out-of-ipc_addid.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem-separate-wait-for-zero-and-alter-tasks-into-seperate-queues.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-shorten-critical-region-for-shmctl.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgsnd.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-introduce-shmctl_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-drop-ipcctl_pre_down.patch queue-3.10/ipc-document-general-ipc-locking-scheme.patch queue-3.10/ipc-util.c-ipc_rcu_alloc-cacheline-align-allocation.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-drop-shm_lock_check.patch queue-3.10/ipc-introduce-ipc-object-locking-helpers.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-cacheline-align-the-semaphore-structures.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-shorten-critical-region-in-msgrcv.patch queue-3.10/ipc-msg-make-msgctl_nolock-lockless.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-guard-against-non-existant-vma-in-shmdt-2.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-always-use-only-one-queue-for-alter-operations.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-cleanup-do_shmat-pasta.patch queue-3.10/ipc-move-locking-out-of-ipcctl_pre_down_nolock.patch queue-3.10/ipc-close-open-coded-spin-lock-calls.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-rename-try_atomic_semop-to-perform_atomic_semop-docu-update.patch queue-3.10/ipc-shm-make-shmctl_nolock-lockless.patch queue-3.10/ipc-sem.c-replace-shared-sem_otime-with-per-semaphore-value.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html