Re: [PATCH tip/core/urgent 1/4] rcu: add rcu_access_pointer andrcu_dereference_protected

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Fri Apr 09 2010 - 05:24:28 EST


Le vendredi 09 avril 2010 Ã 10:10 +0100, David Howells a Ãcrit :
> Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +#define rcu_access_pointer(p) ((void *)ACCESS_ONCE(p))
> > ...
> > +#define rcu_access_pointer(p) ((void *)ACCESS_ONCE(p))
>
> There's no difference between your two versions of rcu_access_pointer(), so
> you could move that whole construct outside of the #ifdef'ed section.
>
> Other than that:
>
> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>

I also prefer to keep type checking if possible

#define rcu_access_pointer(p) (ACCESS_ONCE(p))

Other than that:

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>


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