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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:28:47 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-raid@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] raid: replace list_for_each_continue_rcu with new
interface
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 02:27:42PM +0800, Michael Wang wrote:
> On 09/11/2012 02:21 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:30:11 +0800 Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 08/24/2012 08:51 AM, Michael Wang wrote:
> >>> On 08/17/2012 12:33 PM, Michael Wang wrote:
> >>>> From: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> This patch replaces list_for_each_continue_rcu() with
> >>>> list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() to save a few lines
> >>>> of code and allow removing list_for_each_continue_rcu().
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi, Neil
> >>>
> >>> Could I get some comments on this patch?
> >>
> >> Hi, Neil
> >>
> >> Could I get some comments?
> >>
> >> And please forgive and warn me if this patch has came to the wrong
> >> place...I get the address from get_maintainer.
> >
> > Sorry, August was a bad month.
> >
> > Yes, patch looks good. Shall I include it in my tree, do you want to submit
> > them altogether through some rcu tree?
> > Either way is fine by me. If you want to submit it through some other tree,
> > Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
>
> Thanks for your review ;-)
>
> I think submit to rcu tree may be better, what's your opinion, Paul?
I am fine either way. If I don't see it in mainline this coming merge
window, I will pull it into the -rcu tree.
Thanx, Paul
> Regards,
> Michael Wang
>
>
> >
> > If not, it'll probably appear in my -next soonish.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > NeilBrown
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Michael Wang
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Michael Wang
> >>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Michael Wang <wangyun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/md/bitmap.c | 9 +++------
> >>>> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> >>>> index 15dbe03..b160828 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> >>>> @@ -163,20 +163,17 @@ static struct md_rdev *next_active_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mdde
> >>>> * As devices are only added or removed when raid_disk is < 0 and
> >>>> * nr_pending is 0 and In_sync is clear, the entries we return will
> >>>> * still be in the same position on the list when we re-enter
> >>>> - * list_for_each_continue_rcu.
> >>>> + * list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu.
> >>>> */
> >>>> - struct list_head *pos;
> >>>> rcu_read_lock();
> >>>> if (rdev == NULL)
> >>>> /* start at the beginning */
> >>>> - pos = &mddev->disks;
> >>>> + rdev = list_entry_rcu(&mddev->disks, struct md_rdev, same_set);
> >>>> else {
> >>>> /* release the previous rdev and start from there. */
> >>>> rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
> >>>> - pos = &rdev->same_set;
> >>>> }
> >>>> - list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, &mddev->disks) {
> >>>> - rdev = list_entry(pos, struct md_rdev, same_set);
> >>>> + list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
> >>>> if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
> >>>> !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
> >>>> /* this is a usable devices */
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
>
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