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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-07-23 22:33:41 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-03 06:39:44 +0300
commitc6fe44d96fc1536af5b11cd859686453d1b7bfd1 (patch)
tree189b4815c4bc68a6bd65c833f6b38cc7ca4088fb /include/linux/list.h
parent2a9127fcf2296674d58024f83981f40b128fffea (diff)
downloadlinux-c6fe44d96fc1536af5b11cd859686453d1b7bfd1.tar.xz
list: add "list_del_init_careful()" to go with "list_empty_careful()"
That gives us ordering guarantees around the pair. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/list.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/list.h20
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index aff44d34f4e4..0d0d17a10d25 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -283,6 +283,24 @@ static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
}
/**
+ * list_del_init_careful - deletes entry from list and reinitialize it.
+ * @entry: the element to delete from the list.
+ *
+ * This is the same as list_del_init(), except designed to be used
+ * together with list_empty_careful() in a way to guarantee ordering
+ * of other memory operations.
+ *
+ * Any memory operations done before a list_del_init_careful() are
+ * guaranteed to be visible after a list_empty_careful() test.
+ */
+static inline void list_del_init_careful(struct list_head *entry)
+{
+ __list_del_entry(entry);
+ entry->prev = entry;
+ smp_store_release(&entry->next, entry);
+}
+
+/**
* list_empty_careful - tests whether a list is empty and not being modified
* @head: the list to test
*
@@ -297,7 +315,7 @@ static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
*/
static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head)
{
- struct list_head *next = head->next;
+ struct list_head *next = smp_load_acquire(&head->next);
return (next == head) && (next == head->prev);
}