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Message-ID: <20180709194931.cmnc4lks5oqhl2ke@linux-r8p5>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2018 12:49:31 -0700
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 1vier1@....de,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] ipc: Rename ipcctl_pre_down_nolock().
On Mon, 09 Jul 2018, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>Both the comment and the name of ipcctl_pre_down_nolock()
>are misleading: The function must be called while holdling
>the rw semaphore.
>Therefore the patch renames the function to ipcctl_obtain_check():
>This name matches the other names used in util.c:
>- "obtain" function look up a pointer in the idr, without
> acquiring the object lock.
>- The caller is responsible for locking.
>- _check means that the sequence number is checked.
>
>Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@...orfullife.com>
>Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
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