This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ipc, shm: drop shm_lock_check
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-shm-drop-shm_lock_check.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 7a25dd9e042b2b94202a67e5551112f4ac87285a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:26:30 -0700
Subject: ipc, shm: drop shm_lock_check
From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx>
commit 7a25dd9e042b2b94202a67e5551112f4ac87285a upstream.
This function was replaced by a the lockless shm_obtain_object_check(),
and no longer has any users.
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/shm.c | 11 -----------
1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -167,17 +167,6 @@ static inline void shm_lock_by_ptr(struc
ipc_lock_object(&ipcp->shm_perm);
}
-static inline struct shmid_kernel *shm_lock_check(struct ipc_namespace *ns,
- int id)
-{
- struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp = ipc_lock_check(&shm_ids(ns), id);
-
- if (IS_ERR(ipcp))
- return (struct shmid_kernel *)ipcp;
-
- return container_of(ipcp, struct shmid_kernel, shm_perm);
-}
-
static inline void shm_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct shmid_kernel *s)
{
ipc_rmid(&shm_ids(ns), &s->shm_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
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