ipc,msg: introduce lockless functions to obtain the ipc object

Add msq_obtain_object() and msq_obtain_object_check(), which will allow us to get the ipc object without acquiring the lock. Just as with semaphores, these functions are basically wrappers around ipc_obtain_object*(). Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]> Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Cc: Rik van Riel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
chewitt · Jul 9, 2013 · a5001a0 · a5001a0
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diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -166,6 +166,27 @@ static inline struct msg_queue *msg_lock_check(struct ipc_namespace *ns,
 	return container_of(ipcp, struct msg_queue, q_perm);
 }
 
+static inline struct msg_queue *msq_obtain_object(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int id)
+{
+	struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp = ipc_obtain_object(&msg_ids(ns), id);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(ipcp))
+		return ERR_CAST(ipcp);
+
+	return container_of(ipcp, struct msg_queue, q_perm);
+}
+
+static inline struct msg_queue *msq_obtain_object_check(struct ipc_namespace *ns,
+							int id)
+{
+	struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp = ipc_obtain_object_check(&msg_ids(ns), id);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(ipcp))
+		return ERR_CAST(ipcp);
+
+	return container_of(ipcp, struct msg_queue, q_perm);
+}
+
 static inline void msg_rmid(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct msg_queue *s)
 {
 	ipc_rmid(&msg_ids(ns), &s->q_perm);