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Message-Id: <20170525185107.12869-21-manfred@colorfullife.com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 20:51:07 +0200
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
To: mtk.manpages@...il.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 1vier1@....de,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, mingo@...nel.org,
peterz@...radead.org, fabf@...net.be,
Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Subject: [PATCH 20/20] ipc/util.h: Update documentation for ipc_getref() and ipc_putref()
Now that ipc_rcu_alloc() and ipc_rcu_free() are removed,
document when it is valid to use ipc_getref() and ipc_putref().
Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
---
ipc/util.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ipc/util.h b/ipc/util.h
index 77336c2b..c692010 100644
--- a/ipc/util.h
+++ b/ipc/util.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ int ipcperms(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp, short flg);
* Objects are reference counted, they start with reference count 1.
* getref increases the refcount, the putref call that reduces the recount
* to 0 schedules the rcu destruction. Caller must guarantee locking.
+ *
+ * refcount is initialized by ipc_addid(), before that point call_rcu()
+ * must be used.
*/
int ipc_rcu_getref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr);
void ipc_rcu_putref(struct kern_ipc_perm *ptr,
--
2.9.3
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