linux-kernel - [PATCH] rculist: move hlist_del_init

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Message-Id: <d30f9efb47662659adec218b1d3dd8c987867b87.1452611219.git.geliangtang@163.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:08:30 +0800
From:	Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:	Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rculist: move hlist_del_init_rcu to a proper place

hlist_del_init_rcu() should not behind list_del_rcu(), should behind
hlist_del_rcu().

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@....com>
---
 include/linux/rculist.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
index 14ec165..99bed04 100644
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -133,34 +133,6 @@ static inline void list_del_rcu(struct list_head *entry)
 }
 
 /**
- * hlist_del_init_rcu - deletes entry from hash list with re-initialization
- * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
- *
- * Note: list_unhashed() on the node return true after this. It is
- * useful for RCU based read lockfree traversal if the writer side
- * must know if the list entry is still hashed or already unhashed.
- *
- * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward pointers
- * that may still be used for walking the hash list and we can only
- * zero the pprev pointer so list_unhashed() will return true after
- * this.
- *
- * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary (such as
- * holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing with another
- * list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu() or
- * hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.  However, it is
- * perfectly legal to run concurrently with the _rcu list-traversal
- * primitives, such as hlist_for_each_entry_rcu().
- */
-static inline void hlist_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_node *n)
-{
-	if (!hlist_unhashed(n)) {
-		__hlist_del(n);
-		n->pprev = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
-/**
  * list_replace_rcu - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
@@ -409,6 +381,34 @@ static inline void hlist_del_rcu(struct hlist_node *n)
 }
 
 /**
+ * hlist_del_init_rcu - deletes entry from hash list with re-initialization
+ * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
+ *
+ * Note: list_unhashed() on the node return true after this. It is
+ * useful for RCU based read lockfree traversal if the writer side
+ * must know if the list entry is still hashed or already unhashed.
+ *
+ * In particular, it means that we can not poison the forward pointers
+ * that may still be used for walking the hash list and we can only
+ * zero the pprev pointer so list_unhashed() will return true after
+ * this.
+ *
+ * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary (such as
+ * holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing with another
+ * list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu() or
+ * hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list.  However, it is
+ * perfectly legal to run concurrently with the _rcu list-traversal
+ * primitives, such as hlist_for_each_entry_rcu().
+ */
+static inline void hlist_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_node *n)
+{
+	if (!hlist_unhashed(n)) {
+		__hlist_del(n);
+		n->pprev = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  * hlist_replace_rcu - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
-- 
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