lib/klist.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/lib/klist.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
lib/klist.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 10680 bytes
- Lines
- 408
- Domain
- Kernel Services
- Bucket
- lib
- Inferred role
- Kernel Services: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Shared kernel service surface used by multiple subsystems, including helpers, cryptography, virtualization support, and async I/O infrastructure.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/klist.hlinux/export.hlinux/sched.h
Detected Declarations
struct klist_waiterfunction Copyrightfunction knode_deadfunction knode_set_klistfunction knode_killfunction objectsfunction add_headfunction add_tailfunction klist_node_initfunction klist_add_headfunction klist_add_tailfunction klist_add_behindfunction klist_add_beforefunction klist_releasefunction klist_dec_and_delfunction klist_putfunction klist_delfunction klist_removefunction klist_node_attachedfunction klist_iter_initfunction klist_iter_init_nodefunction klist_iter_exitexport klist_initexport klist_add_headexport klist_add_tailexport klist_add_behindexport klist_add_beforeexport klist_delexport klist_removeexport klist_node_attachedexport klist_iter_init_nodeexport klist_iter_initexport klist_iter_exitexport klist_prevexport klist_next
Annotated Snippet
struct klist_waiter {
struct list_head list;
struct klist_node *node;
struct task_struct *process;
int woken;
};
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(klist_remove_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(klist_remove_waiters);
static void klist_release(struct kref *kref)
{
struct klist_waiter *waiter, *tmp;
struct klist_node *n = container_of(kref, struct klist_node, n_ref);
WARN_ON(!knode_dead(n));
list_del(&n->n_node);
spin_lock(&klist_remove_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(waiter, tmp, &klist_remove_waiters, list) {
if (waiter->node != n)
continue;
list_del(&waiter->list);
waiter->woken = 1;
mb();
wake_up_process(waiter->process);
}
spin_unlock(&klist_remove_lock);
knode_set_klist(n, NULL);
}
static int klist_dec_and_del(struct klist_node *n)
{
return kref_put(&n->n_ref, klist_release);
}
static void klist_put(struct klist_node *n, bool kill)
{
struct klist *k = knode_klist(n);
void (*put)(struct klist_node *) = k->put;
spin_lock(&k->k_lock);
if (kill)
knode_kill(n);
if (!klist_dec_and_del(n))
put = NULL;
spin_unlock(&k->k_lock);
if (put)
put(n);
}
/**
* klist_del - Decrement the reference count of node and try to remove.
* @n: node we're deleting.
*/
void klist_del(struct klist_node *n)
{
klist_put(n, true);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klist_del);
/**
* klist_remove - Decrement the refcount of node and wait for it to go away.
* @n: node we're removing.
*/
void klist_remove(struct klist_node *n)
{
struct klist_waiter waiter;
waiter.node = n;
waiter.process = current;
waiter.woken = 0;
spin_lock(&klist_remove_lock);
list_add(&waiter.list, &klist_remove_waiters);
spin_unlock(&klist_remove_lock);
klist_del(n);
for (;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (waiter.woken)
break;
schedule();
}
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(klist_remove);
/**
* klist_node_attached - Say whether a node is bound to a list or not.
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/klist.h`, `linux/export.h`, `linux/sched.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct klist_waiter`, `function Copyright`, `function knode_dead`, `function knode_set_klist`, `function knode_kill`, `function objects`, `function add_head`, `function add_tail`, `function klist_node_init`, `function klist_add_head`.
- Atlas domain: Kernel Services / lib.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.