[PATCH net-next v5 14/18] sfc: Remove usage of list iterator for list_add() after the loop body

Jakob Koschel jakobkoschel at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 02:06:31 AEST 2022


In preparation to limit the scope of a list iterator to the list
traversal loop, use a dedicated pointer pointing to the location
where the element should be inserted [1].

Before, the code implicitly used the head when no element was found
when using &new->list. The new 'pos' variable is set to the list head
by default and overwritten if the list exits early, marking the
insertion point for list_add().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgRr_D8CB-D9Kg-c=EHreAsk5SqXPwr9Y7k9sA6cWXJ6w@mail.gmail.com/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Jakob Koschel <jakobkoschel at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx_common.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx_common.c
index fa8b9aacca11..74c056210e0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx_common.c
@@ -560,14 +560,17 @@ struct efx_rss_context *efx_alloc_rss_context_entry(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	struct list_head *head = &efx->rss_context.list;
 	struct efx_rss_context *ctx, *new;
+	struct list_head *pos = head;
 	u32 id = 1; /* Don't use zero, that refers to the master RSS context */
 
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&efx->rss_lock));
 
 	/* Search for first gap in the numbering */
 	list_for_each_entry(ctx, head, list) {
-		if (ctx->user_id != id)
+		if (ctx->user_id != id) {
+			pos = &ctx->list;
 			break;
+		}
 		id++;
 		/* Check for wrap.  If this happens, we have nearly 2^32
 		 * allocated RSS contexts, which seems unlikely.
@@ -585,7 +588,7 @@ struct efx_rss_context *efx_alloc_rss_context_entry(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 	/* Insert the new entry into the gap */
 	new->user_id = id;
-	list_add_tail(&new->list, &ctx->list);
+	list_add_tail(&new->list, pos);
 	return new;
 }
 
-- 
2.25.1



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