linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Use non _rcu version of list functions for tag_set

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:37:54 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Use non _rcu version of list functions for
 tag_set_list

On 7/28/20 7:29 AM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> tag_set_list is only accessed under the tag_set_lock lock. There is
> no need for using the _rcu list functions.
> 
> The _rcu list function were introduced to allow read access to the
> tag_set_list protected under RCU, see 705cda97ee3a ("blk-mq: Make it
> safe to use RCU to iterate over blk_mq_tag_set.tag_list") and
> 05b79413946d ("Revert "blk-mq: don't handle TAG_SHARED in restart"").
> Those changes got reverted later but the cleanup commit missed a
> couple of places to undo the changes.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe