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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index aa7a0ee182e1..7fb1a4869fd0 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ struct mempolicy;
* tree) of these proc_dir_entries, so that we can dynamically
* add new files to /proc.
*
- * The "next" pointer creates a linked list of one /proc directory,
- * while parent/subdir create the directory structure (every
- * /proc file has a parent, but "subdir" is NULL for all
- * non-directory entries).
+ * parent/subdir are used for the directory structure (every /proc file has a
+ * parent, but "subdir" is empty for all non-directory entries).
+ * subdir_node is used to build the rb tree "subdir" of the parent.
*/
struct proc_dir_entry {
unsigned int low_ino;
@@ -38,7 +37,9 @@ struct proc_dir_entry {
loff_t size;
const struct inode_operations *proc_iops;
const struct file_operations *proc_fops;
- struct proc_dir_entry *next, *parent, *subdir;
+ struct proc_dir_entry *parent;
+ struct rb_root subdir;
+ struct rb_node subdir_node;
void *data;
atomic_t count; /* use count */
atomic_t in_use; /* number of callers into module in progress; */