netdev - [PATCH 2/4] rhashtable: Revise incorrect comment on r{hl, hash}table_walk

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:29:13 +1000
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
To:     Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] rhashtable: Revise incorrect comment on r{hl,
 hash}table_walk_enter()

Neither rhashtable_walk_enter() or rhltable_walk_enter() sleep, though
they do take a spinlock without irq protection.
So revise the comments to accurately state the contexts in which
these functions can be called.

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
---
 include/linux/rhashtable.h |    5 +++--
 lib/rhashtable.c           |    5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 87d443a5b11d..4e1f535c2034 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -1268,8 +1268,9 @@ static inline int rhashtable_walk_init(struct rhashtable *ht,
  * For a completely stable walk you should construct your own data
  * structure outside the hash table.
  *
- * This function may sleep so you must not call it from interrupt
- * context or with spin locks held.
+ * This function may be called from any process context, including
+ * non-preemptable context, but cannot be called from softirq or
+ * hardirq context.
  *
  * You must call rhashtable_walk_exit after this function returns.
  */
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 2b2b79974b61..6d490f51174e 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -668,8 +668,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_insert_slow);
  * For a completely stable walk you should construct your own data
  * structure outside the hash table.
  *
- * This function may sleep so you must not call it from interrupt
- * context or with spin locks held.
+ * This function may be called from any process context, including
+ * non-preemptable context, but cannot be called from softirq or
+ * hardirq context.
  *
  * You must call rhashtable_walk_exit after this function returns.
  */