[PATCH 2/4] rhashtable: Revise incorrect comment on r{hl, hash}table_walk_enter()

NeilBrown
2018-04-23T22:29:13Z

Neither rhashtable_walk_enter() or rhltable_walk_enter() sleep, though
they do take a spinlock without irq protection.
So revise the comments to accurately state the contexts in which
these functions can be called.

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
---
include/linux/rhashtable.h | 5 +++--
lib/rhashtable.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 87d443a5b11d..4e1f535c2034 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -1268,8 +1268,9 @@ static inline int rhashtable_walk_init(struct rhashtable *ht,
* For a completely stable walk you should construct your own data
* structure outside the hash table.
*
- * This function may sleep so you must not call it from interrupt
- * context or with spin locks held.
+ * This function may be called from any process context, including
+ * non-preemptable context, but cannot be called from softirq or
+ * hardirq context.
*
* You must call rhashtable_walk_exit after this function returns.
*/
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index 2b2b79974b61..6d490f51174e 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -668,8 +668,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_insert_slow);
* For a completely stable walk you should construct your own data
* structure outside the hash table.
*
- * This function may sleep so you must not call it from interrupt
- * context or with spin locks held.
+ * This function may be called from any process context, including
+ * non-preemptable context, but cannot be called from softirq or
+ * hardirq context.
*
* You must call rhashtable_walk_exit after this function returns.
*/