Re: [PATCH] epoll: remove the on_list check for 'struct epitem'

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:32:41 +0000 (GMT) Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> By removing the 'int on_list' field from 'struct epitem', we avoid hitting the
> BUILD_BUG_ON() for 'struct epitem' being larger than 128 bytes.
> 
> In file included from include/linux/init.h:4:0,
>                  from fs/eventpoll.c:14:
> fs/eventpoll.c: In function 'eventpoll_init':
> include/linux/compiler.h:321:20: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_2137' declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: sizeof(void *) <= 8 && sizeof(struct epitem) > 128
>     prefix ## suffix();    \
> 
> The check to make sure that the 'struct epitem' was actually linked via
> epi->fllink was added to avoid having the list removal primitives called twice
> for the same 'struct epitem'. However, the double call possibility was removed
> by 'Subject: epoll: optimize EPOLL_CTL_DEL using rcu'. There, the call to
> 'list_del_init()' in eventpoll_release_file() was removed (we now rely on the
> list delete happening entirely in 'ep_remove()', which is called from
> eventpoll_release_file()).
> 
> There is also the question as to whether multiple ep_remove() calls could
> happen concurrently. This can not happen since EPOLL_CTL_DEL can't
> race with eventpoll_release_file() or ep_free() - it has to do an fget()
> to proceed. Further, eventpoll_release_file() can not race with ep_free(),
> since they both acquire the 'epmutex'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>

Do you want me to put this in my copy of the mmotm instead of reverting
these three?

epoll-do-not-take-global-epmutex-for-simple-topologies-fix
epoll: do not take global 'epmutex' for simple topologies
epoll: optimize EPOLL_CTL_DEL using rcu

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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