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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-04-04 08:36:15 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-04-04 08:36:15 -0700
commitfb9a7d76da108d120efb2258ea83b18dbbb2ecdd (patch)
treef93f0eed000ed5d17cd728c7f8b05f489dde1e9a /include/linux/rcupdate.h
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parent5679027e74126e0dfc860869b0e7ceab1dd06318 (diff)
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Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: create new rcu_access_index() and use in mce WARN_ON_SMP(): Add comment to explain ({0;})
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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index af56148..ff422d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -339,6 +339,12 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(p)); \
})
+#define __rcu_access_index(p, space) \
+ ({ \
+ typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
+ rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space); \
+ (_________p1); \
+ })
#define __rcu_dereference_index_check(p, c) \
({ \
typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
@@ -429,6 +435,20 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
#define rcu_dereference_raw(p) rcu_dereference_check(p, 1) /*@@@ needed? @@@*/
/**
+ * rcu_access_index() - fetch RCU index with no dereferencing
+ * @p: The index to read
+ *
+ * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected index, but omit the
+ * smp_read_barrier_depends() and keep the ACCESS_ONCE(). This is useful
+ * when the value of this index is accessed, but the index is not
+ * dereferenced, for example, when testing an RCU-protected index against
+ * -1. Although rcu_access_index() may also be used in cases where
+ * update-side locks prevent the value of the index from changing, you
+ * should instead use rcu_dereference_index_protected() for this use case.
+ */
+#define rcu_access_index(p) __rcu_access_index((p), __rcu)
+
+/**
* rcu_dereference_index_check() - rcu_dereference for indices with debug checking
* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
* @c: The conditions under which the dereference will take place
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