linux-kernel - [PATCH] list_for_each

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Message-ID: <20080424012150.GA15350@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:21:50 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH] list_for_each_rcu must die: audit

All uses of list_for_each_rcu() can be profitably replaced by the
easier-to-use list_for_each_entry_rcu().  This patch makes this change
for the Audit system, in preparation for removing the list_for_each_rcu()
API entirely.

Signed_off_by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 audit_tree.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-2.6.25/kernel/audit_tree.c linux-2.6.25-lfer-audit/kernel/audit_tree.c
--- linux-2.6.25/kernel/audit_tree.c	2008-04-16 19:49:44.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.25-lfer-audit/kernel/audit_tree.c	2008-04-23 18:09:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -172,10 +172,9 @@ static void insert_hash(struct audit_chu
 struct audit_chunk *audit_tree_lookup(const struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct list_head *list = chunk_hash(inode);
-	struct list_head *pos;
+	struct audit_chunk *p;

-	list_for_each_rcu(pos, list) {
-		struct audit_chunk *p = container_of(pos, struct audit_chunk, hash);
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(p, list, hash) {
 		if (p->watch.inode == inode) {
 			get_inotify_watch(&p->watch);
 			return p;
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