[PATCH] configfs+dlm: Rename config_group_find_obj and state semantics clearly
Configfs being based upon sysfs code, config_group_find_obj() is probably
so named because of the similar kset_find_obj() in sysfs. However,
"kobject"s in sysfs become "config_item"s in configfs, so let's call it
config_group_find_item() instead, for sake of uniformity, and make
corresponding change in the users of this function.
BTW a crucial difference between kset_find_obj and config_group_find_item
is in locking expectations. kset_find_obj does its locking by itself, but
config_group_find_item expects the *caller* to do the locking. The reason
for this: kset's have their own locks, config_group's don't but instead
rely on the subsystem mutex. And, subsystem needn't necessarily be around
when config_group_find_item() is called.
So let's state these locking semantics explicitly, and rectify the comment,
otherwise bugs could continue to occur in future, as they did in the past
(refer commit d82b8191e238 in gfs2-2.6-fixes.git).
[ I also took the opportunity to fix some bad whitespace and
double-empty lines. --Joel ]
[ Conflict in fs/dlm/config.c with commit
3168b0780d06ace875696f8a648d04d6089654e5 manually resolved. --Mark ]
Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <ssatyam@cse.iitk.ac.in>
Cc: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/configfs.h b/include/linux/configfs.h
index def7c83..bbb1b6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/configfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/configfs.h
@@ -86,12 +86,10 @@
struct configfs_attribute **ct_attrs;
};
-
/**
* group - a group of config_items of a specific type, belonging
* to a specific subsystem.
*/
-
struct config_group {
struct config_item cg_item;
struct list_head cg_children;
@@ -99,13 +97,11 @@
struct config_group **default_groups;
};
-
extern void config_group_init(struct config_group *group);
extern void config_group_init_type_name(struct config_group *group,
const char *name,
struct config_item_type *type);
-
static inline struct config_group *to_config_group(struct config_item *item)
{
return item ? container_of(item,struct config_group,cg_item) : NULL;
@@ -121,7 +117,8 @@
config_item_put(&group->cg_item);
}
-extern struct config_item *config_group_find_obj(struct config_group *, const char *);
+extern struct config_item *config_group_find_item(struct config_group *,
+ const char *);
struct configfs_attribute {