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llist: fix/simplify llist_add() and llist_add_batch()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:05:45 +0000 (10:05 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:12:52 +0000 (17:12 +1000)
commit622f52ca784f3e00435f6c7de155e60b331e2e0f
treea145a2d7ee5df1e9a66a5ed6a463d25fbb1dcef4
parent0dc6d12bd0f913c127f142b1db8c335e607c7d0b
llist: fix/simplify llist_add() and llist_add_batch()

1. This is mostly theoretical, but llist_add*() need ACCESS_ONCE().

   Otherwise it is not guaranteed that the first cmpxchg() uses the
   same value for old_entry and new_last->next.

2. These helpers cache the result of cmpxchg() and read the initial
   value of head->first before the main loop. I do not think this
   makes sense. In the likely case cmpxchg() succeeds, otherwise
   it doesn't hurt to reload head->first.

   I think it would be better to simplify the code and simply read
   ->first before cmpxchg().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/llist.h
lib/llist.c