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author | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> | 2012-02-16 18:49:54 +0100 |
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committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2012-02-19 19:30:57 +0100 |
commit | 1fd36adcd98c14d2fd97f545293c488775cb2823 (patch) | |
tree | c13ab1934a15aebe0d81601d910ce5a3c6fa2c6f /virt | |
parent | Wrap accesses to the fd_sets in struct fdtable (diff) | |
download | linux-1fd36adcd98c14d2fd97f545293c488775cb2823.tar.xz linux-1fd36adcd98c14d2fd97f545293c488775cb2823.zip |
Replace the fd_sets in struct fdtable with an array of unsigned longs
Replace the fd_sets in struct fdtable with an array of unsigned longs and then
use the standard non-atomic bit operations rather than the FD_* macros.
This:
(1) Removes the abuses of struct fd_set:
(a) Since we don't want to allocate a full fd_set the vast majority of the
time, we actually, in effect, just allocate a just-big-enough array of
unsigned longs and cast it to an fd_set type - so why bother with the
fd_set at all?
(b) Some places outside of the core fdtable handling code (such as
SELinux) want to look inside the array of unsigned longs hidden inside
the fd_set struct for more efficient iteration over the entire set.
(2) Eliminates the use of FD_*() macros in the kernel completely.
(3) Permits the __FD_*() macros to be deleted entirely where not exposed to
userspace.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120216174954.23314.48147.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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