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Liam and Matthew say that once the RCU read lock is released, xa_state is not safe to re-use for the next xas_find() call. But the RCU read lock must be released on each loop iteration so that dput(), which might_sleep(), can be called safely. Thus we are forced to walk the offset tree with fresh state for each directory entry. xa_find() can do this for us, though it might be a little less efficient than maintaining xa_state locally. We believe that in the current code base, inode->i_rwsem provides protection for the xa_state maintained in offset_iterate_dir(). However, there is no guarantee that will continue to be the case in the future. Since offset_iterate_dir() doesn't build xa_state locally any more, there's no longer a strong need for offset_find_next(). Clean up by rolling these two helpers together. Suggested-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com> Message-ID: <170785993027.11135.8830043889278631735.stgit@91.116.238.104.host.secureserver.net> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/170820142021.6328.15047865406275957018.stgit@91.116.238.104.host.secureserver.net Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.