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| author |   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2016-10-10 23:02:51 -0400 |
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| committer | Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> | 2016-10-10 23:02:51 -0400 |
| commit | 3873691e5ab34fa26948643d038a2b98c4437298 (patch) | |
| tree | 5327469194c2167830bce38b56a618b754cdbeea /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | fs: Replace current_fs_time() with current_time() (diff) | |
| parent | vfs: add note about i_op->rename changes to porting (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-3873691e5ab34fa26948643d038a2b98c4437298.tar.xz linux-dev-3873691e5ab34fa26948643d038a2b98c4437298.zip | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'ovl/rename2' into for-linus
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 436aa4e42221..668569844d37 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -527,13 +527,14 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality. * - * The seemingly unused size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer - * type by making sure it can be dereferenced. + * The seemingly unused variable ___typecheck_p validates that @p is + * indeed a pointer type by using a pointer to typeof(*p) as the type. + * Taking a pointer to typeof(*p) again is needed in case p is void *. */ #define lockless_dereference(p) \ ({ \ typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \ - size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \ + typeof(*(p)) *___typecheck_p __maybe_unused; \ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ (_________p1); \ }) |