netdev: add netdev_continue_rcu
authorstephen hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:54:47 +0000 (07:54 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:26:29 +0000 (22:26 -0800)
This adds an RCU macro for continuing search, useful for some
network devices like vlan.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/netdevice.h
include/linux/rculist.h

index 465add6..083b598 100644 (file)
@@ -1079,6 +1079,8 @@ extern rwlock_t                           dev_base_lock;          /* Device list lock */
                list_for_each_entry_safe(d, n, &(net)->dev_base_head, dev_list)
 #define for_each_netdev_continue(net, d)               \
                list_for_each_entry_continue(d, &(net)->dev_base_head, dev_list)
+#define for_each_netdev_continue_rcu(net, d)           \
+       list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(d, &(net)->dev_base_head, dev_list)
 #define net_device_entry(lh)   list_entry(lh, struct net_device, dev_list)
 
 static inline struct net_device *next_net_device(struct net_device *dev)
index 5710f43..1bf0f70 100644 (file)
@@ -262,6 +262,20 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
                (pos) = rcu_dereference((pos)->next))
 
 /**
+ * list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu - continue iteration over list of given type
+ * @pos:       the type * to use as a loop cursor.
+ * @head:      the head for your list.
+ * @member:    the name of the list_struct within the struct.
+ *
+ * Continue to iterate over list of given type, continuing after
+ * the current position.
+ */
+#define list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(pos, head, member)            \
+       for (pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member); \
+            prefetch(pos->member.next), &pos->member != (head);        \
+            pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
+
+/**
  * hlist_del_rcu - deletes entry from hash list without re-initialization
  * @n: the element to delete from the hash list.
  *