netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] cnic: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access

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Message-Id: <20140822.122751.953073827713209046.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bernat.ada@...il.com
Cc:	mchan@...adcom.com, eddie.wai@...adcom.com, joe@...ches.com,
	mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cnic: Replace rcu_dereference() with
 rcu_access_pointer()

From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:12:09 +0300

> The "rcu_dereference()" calls are used directly in conditions.
> Since their return values are never dereferenced it is recommended to use
> "rcu_access_pointer()" instead of "rcu_dereference()".
> Therefore, this patch makes the replacements.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@...il.com>

Applied.
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