linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/22] mm/hmm: Do not use list*

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Date:   Mon,  1 Jul 2019 08:20:09 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Ira Weiny <iweiny@...el.com>, Philip Yang <Philip.Yang@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/22] mm/hmm: Do not use list*_rcu() for hmm->ranges

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>

This list is always read and written while holding hmm->lock so there is
no need for the confusing _rcu annotations.

Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Acked-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <iweiny@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Tested-by: Philip Yang <Philip.Yang@....com>
---
 mm/hmm.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index 0423f4ca3a7e..73c8af4827fe 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ int hmm_range_register(struct hmm_range *range,
 
 	range->hmm = hmm;
 	kref_get(&hmm->kref);
-	list_add_rcu(&range->list, &hmm->ranges);
+	list_add(&range->list, &hmm->ranges);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there are any concurrent notifiers we have to wait for them for
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ void hmm_range_unregister(struct hmm_range *range)
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&hmm->lock);
-	list_del_rcu(&range->list);
+	list_del(&range->list);
 	mutex_unlock(&hmm->lock);
 
 	/* Drop reference taken by hmm_range_register() */
-- 
2.20.1