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Note that __list_splice_rcu() has no documentation for this\nreason.\n\nReviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney \nSigned-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso \n---\nv3: added Reviewed-by: tag.\n\n include/linux/rculist.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)","diff":"diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h\nindex 2abba7552605..e3bc44225692 100644\n--- a/include/linux/rculist.h\n+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h\n@@ -261,6 +261,35 @@ static inline void list_replace_rcu(struct list_head *old,\n \told->prev = LIST_POISON2;\n }\n \n+static inline void __list_splice_rcu(struct list_head *list,\n+\t\t\t\t struct list_head *prev,\n+\t\t\t\t struct list_head *next)\n+{\n+\tstruct list_head *first = list->next;\n+\tstruct list_head *last = list->prev;\n+\n+\tlast->next = next;\n+\tfirst->prev = prev;\n+\tnext->prev = last;\n+\trcu_assign_pointer(list_next_rcu(prev), first);\n+}\n+\n+/**\n+ * list_splice_rcu - splice a non-RCU list into an RCU-protected list,\n+ * designed for stacks.\n+ * @list:\tthe non RCU-protected list to splice\n+ * @head:\tthe place in the existing RCU-protected list to splice\n+ *\n+ * The list pointed to by @head can be RCU-read traversed concurrently with\n+ * this function.\n+ */\n+static inline void list_splice_rcu(struct list_head *list,\n+\t\t\t\t struct list_head *head)\n+{\n+\tif (!list_empty(list))\n+\t\t__list_splice_rcu(list, head, head->next);\n+}\n+\n /**\n * __list_splice_init_rcu - join an RCU-protected list into an existing list.\n * @list:\tthe RCU-protected list to splice\n","prefixes":["nf","v3","1/3"]}