linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] list.h: add list_for_each_entry_continue

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Message-Id: <1189804498.3974.57.camel@johannes.berg>
Date:	Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:14:58 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] list.h: add list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu

On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 10:39 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 02:05:47PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > To implement the multicast list callback in mac80211 we need to
> > do partial list iteration. Since I want to convert the interface
> > list to an RCU list, I need a new list walking primitive:
> > list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu().

Hah. Turns out if I do the right thing with dev_mc_sync() I no longer
need this. Paul, do you want to push it to akpm or such? My bugfix no
longer relies on it.

johannes

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