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b: refs/heads/master
c: 3678d62
h: refs/heads/master
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  47565: 05cbc2e
  47563: 551e22f
  47559: 2b3e95b
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 16cf5b39b81b95d1e3d81df3ba8c82cadf54f551
+refs/heads/master: 3678d62f028689abc8ac5693b254e48f605f94ba

trunk/include/linux/list.h

@@ -359,6 +359,62 @@ static inline void list_splice_init(struct list_head *list,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * list_splice_init_rcu - splice an RCU-protected list into an existing list.
+ * @list:	the RCU-protected list to splice
+ * @head:	the place in the list to splice the first list into
+ * @sync:	function to sync: synchronize_rcu(), synchronize_sched(), ...
+ *
+ * @head can be RCU-read traversed concurrently with this function.
+ *
+ * Note that this function blocks.
+ *
+ * Important note: the caller must take whatever action is necessary to
+ *	prevent any other updates to @head.  In principle, it is possible
+ *	to modify the list as soon as sync() begins execution.
+ *	If this sort of thing becomes necessary, an alternative version
+ *	based on call_rcu() could be created.  But only if -really-
+ *	needed -- there is no shortage of RCU API members.
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
+					struct list_head *head,
+					void (*sync)(void))
+{
+	struct list_head *first = list->next;
+	struct list_head *last = list->prev;
+	struct list_head *at = head->next;
+
+	if (list_empty(head))
+		return;
+
+	/* "first" and "last" tracking list, so initialize it. */
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(list);
+
+	/*
+	 * At this point, the list body still points to the source list.
+	 * Wait for any readers to finish using the list before splicing
+	 * the list body into the new list.  Any new readers will see
+	 * an empty list.
+	 */
+
+	sync();
+
+	/*
+	 * Readers are finished with the source list, so perform splice.
+	 * The order is important if the new list is global and accessible
+	 * to concurrent RCU readers.  Note that RCU readers are not
+	 * permitted to traverse the prev pointers without excluding
+	 * this function.
+	 */
+
+	last->next = at;
+	smp_wmb();
+	head->next = first;
+	first->prev = head;
+	at->prev = last;
+}
+
 /**
  * list_entry - get the struct for this entry
  * @ptr:	the &struct list_head pointer.