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    rbtree: fix incorrect rbtree node insertion in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c · ea5272f5
    Michel Lespinasse authored
    The recently added code to use rbtrees in sysctl did not follow the proper
    rbtree interface on insertion - it was calling rb_link_node() which
    inserts a new node into the binary tree, but missed the call to
    rb_insert_color() which properly balances the rbtree and establishes all
    expected rbtree invariants.
    
    I found out about this only because faulty commit also used
    rb_init_node(), which I am removing within this patchset.  But I think
    it's an easy mistake to make, and it makes me wonder if we should change
    the rbtree API so that insertions would be done with a single rb_insert()
    call (even if its implementation could still inline the rb_link_node()
    part and call a private __rb_insert_color function to do the rebalancing).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
    Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDavid Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
    Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@pobox.com>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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