list_for_each_rcu must die: networking
All uses of list_for_each_rcu() can be profitably replaced by the
easier-to-use list_for_each_entry_rcu(). This patch makes this change for
networking, in preparation for removing the list_for_each_rcu() API
entirely.
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3d828bc..60461ad 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
struct inet_sock *inet;
struct ipv6_pinfo *np;
struct sock *sk;
- struct list_head *p;
struct inet_protosw *answer;
struct proto *answer_prot;
unsigned char answer_flags;
@@ -97,13 +96,12 @@
build_ehash_secret();
/* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
- answer = NULL;
lookup_protocol:
err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw6[sock->type]) {
- answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(answer, &inetsw6[sock->type], list) {
+ err = 0;
/* Check the non-wild match. */
if (protocol == answer->protocol) {
if (protocol != IPPROTO_IP)
@@ -118,10 +116,9 @@
break;
}
err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
- answer = NULL;
}
- if (!answer) {
+ if (err) {
if (try_loading_module < 2) {
rcu_read_unlock();
/*