linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/urgent 1/4] rcu: add rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference

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Date:	Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:24:18 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, josh@...htriplett.org,
	dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/urgent 1/4] rcu: add rcu_access_pointer and
 rcu_dereference_protected

Le vendredi 09 avril 2010 à 10:10 +0100, David Howells a écrit :
> Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > +#define rcu_access_pointer(p) ((void *)ACCESS_ONCE(p))
> > ...
> > +#define rcu_access_pointer(p)		((void *)ACCESS_ONCE(p))
> 
> There's no difference between your two versions of rcu_access_pointer(), so
> you could move that whole construct outside of the #ifdef'ed section.
> 
> Other than that:
> 
> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

I also prefer to keep type checking if possible

#define rcu_access_pointer(p)		(ACCESS_ONCE(p))

Other than that:

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>


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