From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ebiederm@xmission.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/9] Add rcustring ADT for RCU protected strings v2
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:50:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100108155044.c2fa93a3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100105021526.17EF2B17C2@basil.firstfloor.org>
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:15:26 +0100 (CET)
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> +extern char *alloc_rcu_string(int size, gfp_t gfp);
> +extern void free_rcu_string(const char *string);
> +
> +/*
> + * size must be the same as alloc_rcu_string, don't
> + * use strlen on str!
> + */
> +extern char *access_rcu_string(char **str, int size, gfp_t gfp);
I think better names would be rcu_string_alloc(), rcu_string_free() and
rcu_string_access().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-08 23:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-05 2:15 [PATCH] [0/9] SYSCTL: Use RCU to avoid races with string sysctls v2 Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [1/9] Add rcustring ADT for RCU protected strings v2 Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 5:32 ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-01-05 10:47 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 14:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-01-05 14:19 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-08 23:50 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2010-01-11 12:12 ` Bert Wesarg
2010-01-11 14:26 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [2/9] Add a kernel_address() that works for data too Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 8:44 ` Russell King
2010-01-05 8:58 ` Sam Ravnborg
2010-01-05 19:04 ` Russell King
2010-01-05 19:15 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 19:15 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-08 23:51 ` Andrew Morton
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [3/9] SYSCTL: Add proc_rcu_string to manage sysctls using rcu strings Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [4/9] SYSCTL: Use RCU strings for core_pattern sysctl Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 6:56 ` Eric W. Biederman
2010-01-05 11:49 ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [5/9] SYSCTL: Add call_usermodehelper_cleanup() Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [6/9] SYSCTL: Convert modprobe_path to proc_rcu_string() Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [7/9] SYSCTL: Convert poweroff_command to proc_rcu_string Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [8/9] SYSCTL: Convert hotplug helper string to proc_rcu_string() Andi Kleen
2010-01-05 2:15 ` [PATCH] [9/9] SYSCTL: Use RCU protected sysctl for ocfs group add helper Andi Kleen
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