rcu: Remove list_for_each_continue_rcu()

The list_for_each_continue_rcu() macro is no longer used, so this commit
removes it.  The list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu() macro should be
used instead.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
index cdb20d4..31ef8fe 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt
@@ -271,15 +271,14 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
        The same cautions apply to call_rcu_bh() and call_rcu_sched().
 
 9.     All RCU list-traversal primitives, which include
-       rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(),
-       list_for_each_continue_rcu(), and list_for_each_safe_rcu(),
-       must be either within an RCU read-side critical section or
-       must be protected by appropriate update-side locks.  RCU
-       read-side critical sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock()
-       and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives such as
-       rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which case
-       the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in order
-       to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh().
+       rcu_dereference(), list_for_each_entry_rcu(), and
+       list_for_each_safe_rcu(), must be either within an RCU read-side
+       critical section or must be protected by appropriate update-side
+       locks.  RCU read-side critical sections are delimited by
+       rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(), or by similar primitives
+       such as rcu_read_lock_bh() and rcu_read_unlock_bh(), in which
+       case the matching rcu_dereference() primitive must be used in
+       order to keep lockdep happy, in this case, rcu_dereference_bh().
 
        The reason that it is permissible to use RCU list-traversal
        primitives when the update-side lock is held is that doing so

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index bf0f6de..9d30de0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -789,9 +789,7 @@ RCU list traversal:
        list_for_each_entry_rcu
        hlist_for_each_entry_rcu
        hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu
-
-       list_for_each_continue_rcu      (to be deprecated in favor of new
-                                        list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu)
+       list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu
 
 RCU pointer/list update:
 

diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
index e0f0fab..c92dd28 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/rculist.h
+++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
@@ -286,23 +286,6 @@ static inline void list_splice_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
                &pos->member != (head); \
                pos = list_entry_rcu(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member))
 
-
-/**
- * list_for_each_continue_rcu
- * @pos:       the &struct list_head to use as a loop cursor.
- * @head:      the head for your list.
- *
- * Iterate over an rcu-protected list, continuing after current point.
- *
- * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
- * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as list_add_rcu()
- * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
- */
-#define list_for_each_continue_rcu(pos, head) \
-       for ((pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos)); \
-               (pos) != (head); \
-               (pos) = rcu_dereference_raw(list_next_rcu(pos)))
-
 /**
  * list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu - continue iteration over list of given type
  * @pos:       the type * to use as a loop cursor.