linux-kernel - [RFC 5/5] rcuwait: Replace rcu_assign_pointer with smp_store

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Date:   Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:08:27 -0500
From:   "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, paulmck@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: [RFC 5/5] rcuwait: Replace rcu_assign_pointer with smp_store_release

From: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>

This suppresses a sparse error generated to the recently added
rcu_assign_pointer sparse check:

>> kernel//locking/percpu-rwsem.c:162:9: sparse: error: incompatible
types in comparison expression (different address spaces)

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
---
 include/linux/rcuwait.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcuwait.h b/include/linux/rcuwait.h
index 90bfa3279a01..da613efee45c 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcuwait.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcuwait.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern void rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w);
 	 */                                                             \
 	WARN_ON(current->exit_state);                                   \
 									\
-	rcu_assign_pointer((w)->task, current);				\
+	smp_store_release(&((w)->task), current);			\
 	for (;;) {							\
 		/*							\
 		 * Implicit barrier (A) pairs with (B) in		\
-- 
2.21.0.rc0.258.g878e2cd30e-goog