[PATCH] configfs+dlm: Rename config_group_find_obj and state semantics clearly
Configfs being based upon sysfs code, config_group_find_obj() is probably
so named because of the similar kset_find_obj() in sysfs. However,
"kobject"s in sysfs become "config_item"s in configfs, so let's call it
config_group_find_item() instead, for sake of uniformity, and make
corresponding change in the users of this function.
BTW a crucial difference between kset_find_obj and config_group_find_item
is in locking expectations. kset_find_obj does its locking by itself, but
config_group_find_item expects the *caller* to do the locking. The reason
for this: kset's have their own locks, config_group's don't but instead
rely on the subsystem mutex. And, subsystem needn't necessarily be around
when config_group_find_item() is called.
So let's state these locking semantics explicitly, and rectify the comment,
otherwise bugs could continue to occur in future, as they did in the past
(refer commit d82b8191e238 in gfs2-2.6-fixes.git).
[ I also took the opportunity to fix some bad whitespace and
double-empty lines. --Joel ]
[ Conflict in fs/dlm/config.c with commit
3168b0780d06ace875696f8a648d04d6089654e5 manually resolved. --Mark ]
Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in>
Cc: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
diff --git a/fs/configfs/item.c b/fs/configfs/item.c
index b762bbe..76dc4c3 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/item.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/item.c
@@ -183,27 +183,25 @@
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&group->cg_children);
}
-
/**
- * config_group_find_obj - search for item in group.
+ * config_group_find_item - search for item in group.
* @group: group we're looking in.
* @name: item's name.
*
- * Lock group via @group->cg_subsys, and iterate over @group->cg_list,
- * looking for a matching config_item. If matching item is found
- * take a reference and return the item.
+ * Iterate over @group->cg_list, looking for a matching config_item.
+ * If matching item is found take a reference and return the item.
+ * Caller must have locked group via @group->cg_subsys->su_mtx.
*/
-struct config_item *config_group_find_obj(struct config_group *group,
- const char * name)
+struct config_item *config_group_find_item(struct config_group *group,
+ const char *name)
{
struct list_head * entry;
struct config_item * ret = NULL;
- /* XXX LOCKING! */
list_for_each(entry,&group->cg_children) {
struct config_item * item = to_item(entry);
if (config_item_name(item) &&
- !strcmp(config_item_name(item), name)) {
+ !strcmp(config_item_name(item), name)) {
ret = config_item_get(item);
break;
}
@@ -215,4 +213,4 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(config_group_init);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(config_item_get);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(config_item_put);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(config_group_find_obj);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(config_group_find_item);