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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index b87c7a5a5497..fefc41c1a147 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -3031,6 +3031,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_next_sibling);
*
* To be used by cgroup_for_each_descendant_pre(). Find the next
* descendant to visit for pre-order traversal of @cgroup's descendants.
+ *
+ * While this function requires RCU read locking, it doesn't require the
+ * whole traversal to be contained in a single RCU critical section. This
+ * function will return the correct next descendant as long as both @pos
+ * and @cgroup are accessible and @pos is a descendant of @cgroup.
*/
struct cgroup *cgroup_next_descendant_pre(struct cgroup *pos,
struct cgroup *cgroup)
@@ -3050,11 +3055,9 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_next_descendant_pre(struct cgroup *pos,
/* no child, visit my or the closest ancestor's next sibling */
while (pos != cgroup) {
- next = list_entry_rcu(pos->sibling.next, struct cgroup,
- sibling);
- if (&next->sibling != &pos->parent->children)
+ next = cgroup_next_sibling(pos);
+ if (next)
return next;
-
pos = pos->parent;
}
@@ -3069,6 +3072,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cgroup_next_descendant_pre);
* Return the rightmost descendant of @pos. If there's no descendant,
* @pos is returned. This can be used during pre-order traversal to skip
* subtree of @pos.
+ *
+ * While this function requires RCU read locking, it doesn't require the
+ * whole traversal to be contained in a single RCU critical section. This
+ * function will return the correct rightmost descendant as long as @pos is
+ * accessible.
*/
struct cgroup *cgroup_rightmost_descendant(struct cgroup *pos)
{
@@ -3108,6 +3116,11 @@ static struct cgroup *cgroup_leftmost_descendant(struct cgroup *pos)
*
* To be used by cgroup_for_each_descendant_post(). Find the next
* descendant to visit for post-order traversal of @cgroup's descendants.
+ *
+ * While this function requires RCU read locking, it doesn't require the
+ * whole traversal to be contained in a single RCU critical section. This
+ * function will return the correct next descendant as long as both @pos
+ * and @cgroup are accessible and @pos is a descendant of @cgroup.
*/
struct cgroup *cgroup_next_descendant_post(struct cgroup *pos,
struct cgroup *cgroup)
@@ -3123,8 +3136,8 @@ struct cgroup *cgroup_next_descendant_post(struct cgroup *pos,
}
/* if there's an unvisited sibling, visit its leftmost descendant */
- next = list_entry_rcu(pos->sibling.next, struct cgroup, sibling);
- if (&next->sibling != &pos->parent->children)
+ next = cgroup_next_sibling(pos);
+ if (next)
return cgroup_leftmost_descendant(next);
/* no sibling left, visit parent */
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