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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rculist.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h index c10b1050dbe6..f31ef61f1c65 100644 --- a/include/linux/rculist.h +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h @@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ #include <linux/rcupdate.h> /* + * Why is there no list_empty_rcu()? Because list_empty() serves this + * purpose. The list_empty() function fetches the RCU-protected pointer + * and compares it to the address of the list head, but neither dereferences + * this pointer itself nor provides this pointer to the caller. Therefore, + * it is not necessary to use rcu_dereference(), so that list_empty() can + * be used anywhere you would want to use a list_empty_rcu(). + */ + +/* * return the ->next pointer of a list_head in an rcu safe * way, we must not access it directly */ |