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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-08-30 00:54:02 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-08-30 00:54:02 -0400
commit6abdd5f5935fff978f950561f3c5175eb34dad73 (patch)
tree6f3ed3a4f4af9e74436ec9355ebf8201357f1c40 /include/linux/compiler.h
parent0b498a52778368ff501557d68c7b50878ab1701e (diff)
parente4e98c460ad38c78498622a164fd5ef09a2dc9cb (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
All three conflicts were cases of simple overlapping changes. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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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); \
})