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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/list.h | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h index 9b9b0eec1e8..e6ec5968227 100644 --- a/include/linux/list.h +++ b/include/linux/list.h @@ -634,6 +634,21 @@ static inline void hlist_add_after(struct hlist_node *n, next->next->pprev = &next->next; } +/** + * hlist_add_before_rcu - adds the specified element to the specified hlist + * before the specified node while permitting racing traversals. + * @n: the new element to add to the hash list. + * @next: the existing element to add the new element before. + * + * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary + * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing + * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu() + * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list. + * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with + * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as + * hlist_for_each_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency + * problems on Alpha CPUs. + */ static inline void hlist_add_before_rcu(struct hlist_node *n, struct hlist_node *next) { @@ -644,6 +659,21 @@ static inline void hlist_add_before_rcu(struct hlist_node *n, *(n->pprev) = n; } +/** + * hlist_add_after_rcu - adds the specified element to the specified hlist + * after the specified node while permitting racing traversals. + * @prev: the existing element to add the new element after. + * @n: the new element to add to the hash list. + * + * The caller must take whatever precautions are necessary + * (such as holding appropriate locks) to avoid racing + * with another list-mutation primitive, such as hlist_add_head_rcu() + * or hlist_del_rcu(), running on this same list. + * However, it is perfectly legal to run concurrently with + * the _rcu list-traversal primitives, such as + * hlist_for_each_rcu(), used to prevent memory-consistency + * problems on Alpha CPUs. + */ static inline void hlist_add_after_rcu(struct hlist_node *prev, struct hlist_node *n) { |