[PATCH v4 1/3] Docs/RCU/rculist_nulls: Specify type of the object in examples
From: SeongJae Park
Date: Fri Jun 16 2023 - 19:36:43 EST
The type of 'obj' in example code of rculist_nulls.rst is implicit.
Provide the specific type of it before the example code.
Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/43943609-f80c-4b6a-9844-994eef800757@paulmck-laptop/
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
index 94a8bfe9f560..a6827cc31791 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@ to solve following problem.
Without 'nulls', a typical RCU linked list managing objects which are
allocated with SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU kmem_cache can use the following
-algorithms:
+algorithms. Following examples assume 'obj' is a pointer to such
+objects, which is having below type.
+
+::
+
+ struct object {
+ struct hlist_node obj_node;
+ atomic_t refcnt;
+ unsigned int key;
+ };
1) Lookup algorithm
-------------------
@@ -142,6 +151,9 @@ the beginning. If the object was moved to the same chain,
then the reader doesn't care: It might occasionally
scan the list again without harm.
+Note that using hlist_nulls means the type of 'obj_node' field of
+'struct object' becomes 'struct hlist_nulls_node'.
+
1) lookup algorithm
-------------------
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