On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:35:59PM +0200, Nadia.Derbey@bull.net wrote:
quoted text
> [PATCH 06/09]
> 
> This is a patch that makes idr_find rcu-safe: it can now be called inside an
> rcu_read critical section.

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

quoted text
> Signed-off-by: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net>
> 
> ---
>  include/linux/idr.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  lib/idr.c           |   11 ++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.25-mm1/lib/idr.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.25-mm1.orig/lib/idr.c	2008-05-06 18:06:58.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.25-mm1/lib/idr.c	2008-05-07 10:38:15.000000000 +0200
> @@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_destroy);
>   * return indicates that @id is not valid or you passed %NULL in
>   * idr_get_new().
>   *
> - * The caller must serialize idr_find() vs idr_get_new() and idr_remove().
> + * This function can be called under rcu_read_lock(), given that the leaf
> + * pointers lifetimes are correctly managed.
>   */
>  void *idr_find(struct idr *idp, int id)
>  {
> @@ -467,7 +468,7 @@ void *idr_find(struct idr *idp, int id)
>  	struct idr_layer *p;
> 
>  	n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
> -	p = idp->top;
> +	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
> 
>  	/* Mask off upper bits we don't use for the search. */
>  	id &= MAX_ID_MASK;
> @@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ void *idr_find(struct idr *idp, int id)
> 
>  	while (n > 0 && p) {
>  		n -= IDR_BITS;
> -		p = p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK];
> +		p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
>  	}
>  	return((void *)p);
>  }
> @@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ int idr_for_each(struct idr *idp,
>  	struct idr_layer **paa = &pa[0];
> 
>  	n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
> -	p = idp->top;
> +	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
>  	max = 1 << n;
> 
>  	id = 0;
> @@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ int idr_for_each(struct idr *idp,
>  		while (n > 0 && p) {
>  			n -= IDR_BITS;
>  			*paa++ = p;
> -			p = p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK];
> +			p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
>  		}
> 
>  		if (p) {
> Index: linux-2.6.25-mm1/include/linux/idr.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.25-mm1.orig/include/linux/idr.h	2008-05-06 17:38:42.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.25-mm1/include/linux/idr.h	2008-05-07 10:41:22.000000000 +0200
> @@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ struct idr {
> 
>  #define _idr_rc_to_errno(rc) ((rc) == -1 ? -EAGAIN : -ENOSPC)
> 
> +/**
> + * idr synchronization (stolen from radix-tree.h)
> + *
> + * idr_find() is able to be called locklessly, using RCU. The caller must
> + * ensure calls to this function are made within rcu_read_lock() regions.
> + * Other readers (lock-free or otherwise) and modifications may be running
> + * concurrently.
> + *
> + * It is still required that the caller manage the synchronization and
> + * lifetimes of the items. So if RCU lock-free lookups are used, typically
> + * this would mean that the items have their own locks, or are amenable to
> + * lock-free access; and that the items are freed by RCU (or only freed after
> + * having been deleted from the idr tree *and* a synchronize_rcu() grace
> + * period).
> + */
> +
>  /*
>   * This is what we export.
>   */
> 
> --
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