linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND v4 1/4] kernfs: make ->attr.open RCU protected.

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Message-ID: <e0eb26ab-7c57-6df6-a2ff-83c84ab145a8@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:31:59 +1000
From:   Imran Khan <imran.f.khan@...cle.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v4 1/4] kernfs: make ->attr.open RCU protected.

Hello Tejun,

On 14/6/22 3:30 am, Tejun Heo wrote:
[...]
> 
> Just merge all three into one accessor. You can list both the !list_empty
> condition and lock held conditions on the same rcu_dereference_check() call.
> 

I have all merged all dereferencing into one accessor in v5 [1] of this
patch-set. Could you please let me know your feedback ?

Thanks
 -- Imran

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220614020840.546013-1-imran.f.khan@oracle.com/