linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 44/47] rcu: Remove redundant check for rcu

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Date:	Fri,  3 Feb 2012 17:45:19 -0800
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,
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	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, patches@...aro.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 44/47] rcu: Remove redundant check for rcu_head misalignment

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

There is now an unconditional check for rcu_head misalignment in
__call_rcu(), so remove the old conditional one in debug_rcu_head_queue().

Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu.h |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu.h
index a074b0b..30876f4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ extern struct debug_obj_descr rcuhead_debug_descr;
 
 static inline void debug_rcu_head_queue(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
-	WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)head & 0x3);
 	debug_object_activate(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr);
 	debug_object_active_state(head, &rcuhead_debug_descr,
 				  STATE_RCU_HEAD_READY,
-- 
1.7.8

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