linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/21] rcu: Cleanup, don't put ->completed into an int

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Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:03:35 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
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        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, npiggin@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/21] rcu: Cleanup, don't put ->completed into an int

It is true that currently only the low-order two bits are used, so
there should be no problem given modern machines and compilers, but
good hygiene and maintainability dictates use of an unsigned long
instead of an int.  This commit therefore makes this change.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index fbacc486ed4c..c7b1e6b2a3da 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ rcu_start_future_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
  */
 static bool rcu_future_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {
-	int c = rnp->completed;
+	unsigned long c = rnp->completed;
 	bool needmore;
 	struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
 
-- 
2.5.2