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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2016-09-20 23:20:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2016-09-20 23:20:32 +0200 |
| commit | 464b5847e61085f81bb99ce48eb427a0dc7617dc (patch) | |
| tree | 805c97855a9a13c06910687bbbbe3eb7bc371902 /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 0a30d69195604f136a4e3bfaf453f742e583ce95 (diff) | |
| parent | e875bd66dfb68f4e898e9a43ef42858c504a7f23 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'irq/urgent' into irq/core
Merge urgent fixes so pending patches for 4.9 can be applied.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 436aa4e42221..668569844d37 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -527,13 +527,14 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality. * - * The seemingly unused size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer - * type by making sure it can be dereferenced. + * The seemingly unused variable ___typecheck_p validates that @p is + * indeed a pointer type by using a pointer to typeof(*p) as the type. + * Taking a pointer to typeof(*p) again is needed in case p is void *. */ #define lockless_dereference(p) \ ({ \ typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \ - size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \ + typeof(*(p)) *___typecheck_p __maybe_unused; \ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ (_________p1); \ }) |