On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 15:31:15 -0400 Johannes Weiner <han...@cmpxchg.org> wrote:
> Provide a function that does not just delete an entry at a given
> index, but also allows passing in an expected item. Delete only if
> that item is still located at the specified index.
>
> This is handy when lockless tree traversals want to delete entries as
> well because they don't have to do an second, locked lookup to verify
> the slot has not changed under them before deleting the entry.
>
> ...
>
> -void *radix_tree_delete(struct radix_tree_root *root, unsigned long index)
> +void *radix_tree_delete_item(struct radix_tree_root *root,
> + unsigned long index, void *item)
radix-tree is an exported-to-modules API, so I guess we should do this
so others don't need to..
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c~lib-radix-tree-radix_tree_delete_item-fix
+++ a/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -1393,6 +1393,7 @@ void *radix_tree_delete_item(struct radi
out:
return slot;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_delete_item);
/**
* radix_tree_delete - delete an item from a radix tree
_
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