Re: [PATCH] replace deprecated RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED innet/dccp/proto.c

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> cced netdev

Thanks,

> 
> Steven Rostedt a ?crit :
> >  
> >  struct inet_hashinfo __cacheline_aligned dccp_hashinfo = {
> > -	.lhash_lock	= RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED,
> > +	.lhash_lock	= __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED(dccp_hashinfo.lhash_lock),
> >  	.lhash_users	= ATOMIC_INIT(0),
> >  	.lhash_wait = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(dccp_hashinfo.lhash_wait),
> >  };
> > --
> 
> Hum... this rwlock doesnt exist anymore on net-next-2.6, all this stuff
> was converted to RCU for upcoming 2.6.29
> 
> struct inet_hashinfo dccp_hashinfo;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_hashinfo);
> 
> I guess such a patch wont ease David job when 2.6.29 merge window opens

One of the requirements in the new rt git tree is that all rwlocks must 
use the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCK(lock) macro. I had to fix it in our tree, but 
whenever I do a clean up patch, I like to share it ;-)

-- Steve

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