Re: [PATCH 2/2] m2p_find_override: use list_for_each_entry_safe

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Tue Mar 27 2012 - 12:36:08 EST


On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 02:52:44PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Use list_for_each_entry_safe and remove the spin_lock acquisition in
> > m2p_find_override.
>
> So this would allow us to get stale entries. Is that OK?

I think it is reasonable.
In practice we should never get an m2p_find_override call looking for an
entry that we are about to add/delete.
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