linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firewire: remove global lock around address handlers, convert to RCU

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Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:38:37 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firewire: remove global lock around address handlers,
 convert to RCU

On Sep 27 Stefan Richter wrote:
> --- a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
> +++ b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
> @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static struct fw_address_handler *lookup
>  {
>  	struct fw_address_handler *handler;
>  
> -	list_for_each_entry(handler, list, link) {
> +	list_for_each_entry_rcu(handler, list, link) {
>  		if (handler->offset < offset + length &&
>  		    offset < handler->offset + handler->length)
>  			return handler;
[...]

I will add an #include <linux/rculist.h> to core-transaction.c.
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-===-- =--= ===--
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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