linux-kernel - [PATCH] rcu: Make struct rcu

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Date:	Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:02:25 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Make struct rcu_head searchable

After wasting too much time trying to see where struct rcu_head was
declared, I finally found it in include/linux/types.h as a define for
callback_head!

To prevent other developers from wasting their precious time in
searching for this structure, add a comment to help them find it!

Cc: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven "frustrated" Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 4d118ba..073e9a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ struct callback_head {
 	struct callback_head *next;
 	void (*func)(struct callback_head *head);
 };
+/*
+ * Make "struct rcu_head {" seachable with this comment.
+ */
 #define rcu_head callback_head

 #endif /*  __ASSEMBLY__ */
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