linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/8] rcu: only one evaluation of arg in rcu_dereference

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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:50:50 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/8] rcu: only one evaluation of arg in rcu_dereference_check() unless sparse

The current version of the __rcu_access_pointer(), __rcu_dereference_check(),
and __rcu_dereference_protected() macros evaluate their "p" argument
three times, not counting typeof()s.  This is bad news if that argument
contains a side effect.  This commit therefore evaluates this argument
only once in normal kernel builds.  However, the straightforward approach
defeats sparse's RCU-pointer checking, so when __CHECKER__ is defined,
the additional pair of evaluations of the "p" argument are performed in
order to permit sparse to detect misuse of RCU-protected pointers.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 include/linux/rcupdate.h |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 89414d6..03cda7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -310,24 +310,32 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
  * (e.g., __rcu_bh, * __rcu_sched, and __srcu), should this make sense in
  * the future.
  */
+
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+#define rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space) \
+	((void)(((typeof(*p) space *)p) == p))
+#else /* #ifdef __CHECKER__ */
+#define rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space)
+#endif /* #else #ifdef __CHECKER__ */
+
 #define __rcu_access_pointer(p, space) \
 	({ \
 		typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p)*__force )ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(_________p1)); \
 	})
 #define __rcu_dereference_check(p, c, space) \
 	({ \
 		typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p)*__force )ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
 		rcu_lockdep_assert(c); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space); \
 		smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(_________p1)); \
 	})
 #define __rcu_dereference_protected(p, c, space) \
 	({ \
 		rcu_lockdep_assert(c); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(p)); \
 	})
 
-- 
1.7.0.6

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