* [PATCH blkid] use list_for_each_safe in garbage collection
@ 2008-06-21 3:32 Eric Sandeen
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From: Eric Sandeen @ 2008-06-21 3:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ext4 development; +Cc: Theodore Tso
We need to use list_for_each_safe in case a device gets removed
from the list during garbage collection.
Also make the manpage slightly more informative about
what the -g garbage collection option does.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
---
Index: e2fsprogs-1.41/lib/blkid/cache.c
===================================================================
--- e2fsprogs-1.41.orig/lib/blkid/cache.c
+++ e2fsprogs-1.41/lib/blkid/cache.c
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ void blkid_put_cache(blkid_cache cache)
void blkid_gc_cache(blkid_cache cache)
{
- struct list_head *p;
+ struct list_head *p, *pnext;
struct stat st;
if (!cache)
return;
- list_for_each(p, &cache->bic_devs) {
+ list_for_each_safe(p, pnext, &cache->bic_devs) {
blkid_dev dev = list_entry(p, struct blkid_struct_dev, bid_devs);
if (!p)
break;
Index: e2fsprogs-1.41/misc/blkid.8.in
===================================================================
--- e2fsprogs-1.41.orig/misc/blkid.8.in
+++ e2fsprogs-1.41/misc/blkid.8.in
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ scanned but not necessarily available at
.IR /dev/null.
.TP
.B \-g
-Perform a garbage collection pass on the blkid cache.
+Perform a garbage collection pass on the blkid cache to remove
+devices which no longer exist.
.TP
.B \-h
Display a usage message and exit.
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