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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-09-08 15:35:44 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-09-08 15:35:44 +0200
commit6f90f1d1d2d853b2745afdd83800b170996fab50 (patch)
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Merge tag 'kvm-s390-next-4.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvms390/linux into HEAD
KVM: s390: features and fixes for 4.9 - lazy enablement of runtime instrumentation - up to 255 CPUs for nested guests - rework of machine check deliver - cleanups/fixes
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 1bb954842725..436aa4e42221 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -527,13 +527,13 @@ 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 void * variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer
- * type. All pointer types silently cast to void *.
+ * The seemingly unused size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer
+ * type by making sure it can be dereferenced.
*/
#define lockless_dereference(p) \
({ \
typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
- __maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = _________p1; \
+ size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \
smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
(_________p1); \
})