[merged mm-nonmm-stable] rcu-provide-a-static-initializer-for-hlist_nulls_head.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-nonmm-stable] rcu-provide-a-static-initializer-for-hlist_nulls_head.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: rcu: provide a static initializer for hlist_nulls_head
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     rcu-provide-a-static-initializer-for-hlist_nulls_head.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Subject: rcu: provide a static initializer for hlist_nulls_head
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:05:22 +0100

Patch series "ucount: Simplify refcounting with rcuref_t".

I noticed that the atomic_dec_and_lock_irqsave() in put_ucounts() loops
sometimes even during boot.  Something like 2-3 iterations but still. 
This series replaces the refcounting with rcuref_t and adds a RCU lookup.

This allows a lockless lookup in alloc_ucounts() if the entry is available
and a cmpxchg()less put of the item.


This patch (of 4):

Provide a static initializer for hlist_nulls_head so that it can be used
in statically defined data structures.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250203150525.456525-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250203150525.456525-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Lai jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Mengen Sun <mengensun@tencent.com>
Cc: "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: YueHong Wu <yuehongwu@tencent.com>
Cc: Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/list_nulls.h |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/include/linux/list_nulls.h~rcu-provide-a-static-initializer-for-hlist_nulls_head
+++ a/include/linux/list_nulls.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct hlist_nulls_node {
 #define NULLS_MARKER(value) (1UL | (((long)value) << 1))
 #define INIT_HLIST_NULLS_HEAD(ptr, nulls) \
 	((ptr)->first = (struct hlist_nulls_node *) NULLS_MARKER(nulls))
+#define HLIST_NULLS_HEAD_INIT(nulls) {.first = (struct hlist_nulls_node *)NULLS_MARKER(nulls)}
 
 #define hlist_nulls_entry(ptr, type, member) container_of(ptr,type,member)
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from bigeasy@linutronix.de are