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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-05 16:42:36 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-05 16:43:53 -0300 |
| commit | 9fce0c226536fc36c7fb0a80000ca38a995be43e (patch) | |
| tree | d1d03d4a831bb143ffd401cefa0f44f636ac0084 /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 3cc2691227203c00cac1d82d6b0772224d5c87b2 (diff) | |
| parent | c8d2bc9bc39ebea8437fd974fdbc21847bb897a3 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v4.8' into patchwork
Linux 4.8
* tag 'v4.8': (1761 commits)
Linux 4.8
ARM: 8618/1: decompressor: reset ttbcr fields to use TTBR0 on ARMv7
MIPS: CM: Fix mips_cm_max_vp_width for non-MT kernels on MT systems
include/linux/property.h: fix typo/compile error
ocfs2: fix deadlock on mmapped page in ocfs2_write_begin_nolock()
mm: workingset: fix crash in shadow node shrinker caused by replace_page_cache_page()
MAINTAINERS: Switch to kernel.org email address for Javi Merino
x86/entry/64: Fix context tracking state warning when load_gs_index fails
x86/boot: Initialize FPU and X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS even if we don't have CPUID
x86/vdso: Fix building on big endian host
x86/boot: Fix another __read_cr4() case on 486
sctp: fix the issue sctp_diag uses lock_sock in rcu_read_lock
sctp: change to check peer prsctp_capable when using prsctp polices
sctp: remove prsctp_param from sctp_chunk
sctp: move sent_count to the memory hole in sctp_chunk
tg3: Avoid NULL pointer dereference in tg3_io_error_detected()
x86/init: Fix cr4_init_shadow() on CR4-less machines
MIPS: Fix detection of unsupported highmem with cache aliases
MIPS: Malta: Fix IOCU disable switch read for MIPS64
MIPS: Fix BUILD_ROLLBACK_PROLOGUE for microMIPS
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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 1bb954842725..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 void * variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer - * type. All pointer types silently cast to void *. + * 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); \ - __maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = _________p1; \ + typeof(*(p)) *___typecheck_p __maybe_unused; \ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ (_________p1); \ }) |