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/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index dd919d8..f440a9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@
static int inet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
{
struct sock *sk;
- struct list_head *p;
struct inet_protosw *answer;
struct inet_sock *inet;
struct proto *answer_prot;
@@ -281,13 +280,12 @@
sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
/* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
- answer = NULL;
lookup_protocol:
err = -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
rcu_read_lock();
- list_for_each_rcu(p, &inetsw[sock->type]) {
- answer = list_entry(p, struct inet_protosw, list);
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(answer, &inetsw[sock->type], list) {
+ err = 0;
/* Check the non-wild match. */
if (protocol == answer->protocol) {
if (protocol != IPPROTO_IP)
@@ -302,10 +300,9 @@
break;
}
err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
- answer = NULL;
}
- if (unlikely(answer == NULL)) {
+ if (unlikely(err)) {
if (try_loading_module < 2) {
rcu_read_unlock();
/*