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There is a repeating code section in the parent function after calling
btrfs_alloc_device(), as below:
name = rcu_string_strdup(path, GFP_...);
if (!name) {
btrfs_free_device(device);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
rcu_assign_pointer(device->name, name);
Except in add_missing_dev() for obvious reasons.
This patch consolidates that repeating code into the btrfs_alloc_device()
itself so that the parent function doesn't have to duplicate code.
This consolidation also helps to review issues regarding RCU lock
violation with device->name.
Parent function device_list_add() and add_missing_dev() use GFP_NOFS for
the allocation, whereas the rest of the parent functions use GFP_KERNEL,
so bring the NOFS allocation context using memalloc_nofs_save() in the
function device_list_add() and add_missing_dev() is already doing it.
Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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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.