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authorNadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net>2008-07-25 01:48:03 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-25 10:53:42 -0700
commit00c2bf85d8febfcfddde63822043462b026134ff (patch)
tree25dbdf6d713408da992eace1168c45244d13c2a7 /ipc/util.c
parent983bfb7db303cfde56ae5bbf4e0f2f46e38c9576 (diff)
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ipc: get rid of ipc_lock_down()
Remove the ipc_lock_down() routines: they used to call idr_find() locklessly (given that the ipc ids lock was already held), so they are not needed anymore. Signed-off-by: Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@bull.net> Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: Jim Houston <jim.houston@comcast.net> Cc: Pierre Peiffer <peifferp@gmail.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/util.c')
-rw-r--r--ipc/util.c52
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c
index 0f468c34e83c..49b3ea615dc5 100644
--- a/ipc/util.c
+++ b/ipc/util.c
@@ -716,56 +716,6 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id)
return out;
}
-/**
- * ipc_lock_down - Lock an ipc structure with rw_sem held
- * @ids: IPC identifier set
- * @id: ipc id to look for
- *
- * Look for an id in the ipc ids idr and lock the associated ipc object.
- *
- * The ipc object is locked on exit.
- *
- * This is the routine that should be called when the rw_mutex is already
- * held, i.e. idr tree protected.
- */
-
-struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock_down(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id)
-{
- struct kern_ipc_perm *out;
- int lid = ipcid_to_idx(id);
-
- rcu_read_lock();
- out = idr_find(&ids->ipcs_idr, lid);
- if (out == NULL) {
- rcu_read_unlock();
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- }
-
- spin_lock(&out->lock);
-
- /*
- * No need to verify that the structure is still valid since the
- * rw_mutex is held.
- */
- return out;
-}
-
-struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock_check_down(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id)
-{
- struct kern_ipc_perm *out;
-
- out = ipc_lock_down(ids, id);
- if (IS_ERR(out))
- return out;
-
- if (ipc_checkid(out, id)) {
- ipc_unlock(out);
- return ERR_PTR(-EIDRM);
- }
-
- return out;
-}
-
struct kern_ipc_perm *ipc_lock_check(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id)
{
struct kern_ipc_perm *out;
@@ -837,7 +787,7 @@ struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcctl_pre_down(struct ipc_ids *ids, int id, int cmd,
int err;
down_write(&ids->rw_mutex);
- ipcp = ipc_lock_check_down(ids, id);
+ ipcp = ipc_lock_check(ids, id);
if (IS_ERR(ipcp)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ipcp);
goto out_up;