Re: [PATCH v6] Move BTRFS RCU string to common library

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 00:46 -0800, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> The RCU-friendly string API used internally by BTRFS is generic enough for
> common use. This doesn't add any new functionality, but instead just moves the
> code and documents the existing API.

Some more trivia, can be updated later if desired.

> diff --git a/include/linux/rcustring.h b/include/linux/rcustring.h
> new file mode 100644
[]
> +
> +/**
> + * printk_in_rcu() - printk in an RCU read-side critical section

It'd be nice to show the arguments for kernel-doc here

> + */
> +#define printk_in_rcu(fmt, ...)			\
> +	do {					\
> +		rcu_read_lock();		\
> +		printk(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);	\

This should use ##__VA_ARGS__ to allow the
compiler to elide the comma when using

	printk_in_rcu("Hello World!");

> +		rcu_read_unlock();		\
> +	} while (0)
> +
> +/**
> + * printk_ratelimited_in_rcu() - printk_ratelimited in an RCU read-side critical
> + * section
> + */
> +#define printk_ratelimited_in_rcu(fmt, ...)		\
> +	do {						\
> +		rcu_read_lock();			\
> +		printk_ratelimited(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);	\
> +		rcu_read_unlock();			\
> +	} while (0)
> +
> +#endif

Here too

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