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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-09-15 11:07:15 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-09-15 19:29:45 -0700
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net: add rtnl_dereference()
We sometime want to dereference an rcu protected pointer while holding RTNL. Use a macro to hide all lockdep details. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 263690d991a8..68c436bddc88 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -760,6 +760,15 @@ extern int lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void);
rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_held() || \
lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
+/**
+ * rtnl_dereference - rcu_dereference with debug checking
+ * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
+ *
+ * Do an rcu_dereference(p), but check caller holds RTNL
+ */
+#define rtnl_dereference(p) \
+ rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
+
extern void rtnetlink_init(void);
extern void __rtnl_unlock(void);