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| author | Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> | 2016-09-28 12:08:49 +1000 |
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| committer | Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> | 2016-09-28 12:08:49 +1000 |
| commit | ca09fb9f60b5f3ab2d57e761aaeea89a5147d784 (patch) | |
| tree | 908e42ecf32d2601f4c5c340c6c4626841baa661 /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 9f4ef05bcdcfdf911b056b471dd3c6a4f331b644 (diff) | |
| parent | 08895a8b6b06ed2323cd97a36ee40a116b3db8ed (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v4.8-rc8' into drm-next
Linux 4.8-rc8
There was a lot of fallout in the imx/amdgpu/i915 drivers, so backmerge
it now to avoid troubles.
* tag 'v4.8-rc8': (1442 commits)
Linux 4.8-rc8
fault_in_multipages_readable() throws set-but-unused error
mm: check VMA flags to avoid invalid PROT_NONE NUMA balancing
radix tree: fix sibling entry handling in radix_tree_descend()
radix tree test suite: Test radix_tree_replace_slot() for multiorder entries
fix memory leaks in tracing_buffers_splice_read()
tracing: Move mutex to protect against resetting of seq data
MIPS: Fix delay slot emulation count in debugfs
MIPS: SMP: Fix possibility of deadlock when bringing CPUs online
mm: delete unnecessary and unsafe init_tlb_ubc()
huge tmpfs: fix Committed_AS leak
shmem: fix tmpfs to handle the huge= option properly
blk-mq: skip unmapped queues in blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx
MIPS: Fix pre-r6 emulation FPU initialisation
arm64: kgdb: handle read-only text / modules
arm64: Call numa_store_cpu_info() earlier.
locking/hung_task: Fix typo in CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK help text
nvme-rdma: only clear queue flags after successful connect
i2c: qup: skip qup_i2c_suspend if the device is already runtime suspended
perf/core: Limit matching exclusive events to one PMU
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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); \ }) |