linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/17] rcu: Remove return value from rcu_assign

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:35:03 -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, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu, patches@...aro.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/17] rcu: Remove return value from rcu_assign_pointer()

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

The return value from rcu_assign_pointer() is not used, and using it
would be quite ugly, for example:

	q = rcu_assign_pointer(global_p, p);

To prevent this sort of ugliness from spreading, this commit wraps
rcu_assign_pointer() in a do-while loop.

Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
---
 include/linux/rcupdate.h |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 267dc77..a58f382 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -514,10 +514,10 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
 		(_________p1); \
 	})
 #define __rcu_assign_pointer(p, v, space) \
-	({ \
+	do { \
 		smp_wmb(); \
 		(p) = (typeof(*v) __force space *)(v); \
-	})
+	} while (0)
 
 
 /**
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
  *
  * Assigns the specified value to the specified RCU-protected
  * pointer, ensuring that any concurrent RCU readers will see
- * any prior initialization.  Returns the value assigned.
+ * any prior initialization.
  *
  * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
  * (which is most of them), and also prevents the compiler from
-- 
1.7.8

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