linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu 08/13] rcu-tasks: Correct firstreport usage in check_all_holdout_tasks

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Date:   Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:45:59 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, mingo@...nel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, josh@...htriplett.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
        oleg@...hat.com, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH rcu 08/13] rcu-tasks: Correct firstreport usage in check_all_holdout_tasks_trace

From: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>

In check_all_holdout_tasks_trace(), firstreport is a pointer argument;
so, check the dereferenced value, instead of checking the pointer.

Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 75e7888b3fc9..e2ec548fc0c4 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static void check_all_holdout_tasks_trace(struct list_head *hop,
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	if (needreport) {
-		if (firstreport)
+		if (*firstreport)
 			pr_err("INFO: rcu_tasks_trace detected stalls? (Late IPI?)\n");
 		show_stalled_ipi_trace();
 	}
-- 
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23