static int ep_scan_ready_list(struct eventpoll *ep,
			      int (*sproc)(struct eventpoll *,
					   struct list_head *, void *),
			      void *priv,
			      int depth)
{
	int error, pwake = 0;
	unsigned long flags;
	struct epitem *epi, *nepi;
	LIST_HEAD(txlist);

	/*
	 * We need to lock this because we could be hit by
	 * eventpoll_release_file() and epoll_ctl().
	 */
	mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, depth);

	/*
	 * Steal the ready list, and re-init the original one to the
	 * empty list. Also, set ep->ovflist to NULL so that events
	 * happening while looping w/out locks, are not lost. We cannot
	 * have the poll callback to queue directly on ep->rdllist,
	 * because we want the "sproc" callback to be able to do it
	 * in a lockless way.
	 */
	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
	list_splice_init(&ep->rdllist, &txlist);
	ep->ovflist = NULL;
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);

	/*
	 * Now call the callback function.
	 */
	error = (*sproc)(ep, &txlist, priv);

	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
	/*
	 * During the time we spent inside the "sproc" callback, some
	 * other events might have been queued by the poll callback.
	 * We re-insert them inside the main ready-list here.
	 */
	for (nepi = ep->ovflist; (epi = nepi) != NULL;
	     nepi = epi->next, epi->next = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR) {
		/*
		 * We need to check if the item is already in the list.
		 * During the "sproc" callback execution time, items are
		 * queued into ->ovflist but the "txlist" might already
		 * contain them, and the list_splice() below takes care of them.
		 */
		if (!ep_is_linked(&epi->rdllink))
			list_add_tail(&epi->rdllink, &ep->rdllist);
	}
	/*
	 * We need to set back ep->ovflist to EP_UNACTIVE_PTR, so that after
	 * releasing the lock, events will be queued in the normal way inside
	 * ep->rdllist.
	 */
	ep->ovflist = EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;

	/*
	 * Quickly re-inject items left on "txlist".
	 */
	list_splice(&txlist, &ep->rdllist);

	if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
		/*
		 * Wake up (if active) both the eventpoll wait list and
		 * the ->poll() wait list (delayed after we release the lock).
		 */
		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->wq))
			wake_up_locked(&ep->wq);
		if (waitqueue_active(&ep->poll_wait))
			pwake++;
	}
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);

	mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);

	/* We have to call this outside the lock */
	if (pwake)
		ep_poll_safewake(&ep->poll_wait);

	return error;
}

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