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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcupdate.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/include/linux/rcu.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h | 2 |
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 981651a8b65d..7e1a8721637a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ synchronize_rcu() rcu_assign_pointer() - typeof(p) rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v); + void rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v); Yes, rcu_assign_pointer() -is- implemented as a macro, though it would be cool to be able to declare a function in this manner. @@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ rcu_assign_pointer() The updater uses this function to assign a new value to an RCU-protected pointer, in order to safely communicate the change - in value from the updater to the reader. This function returns - the new value, and also executes any memory-barrier instructions - required for a given CPU architecture. + in value from the updater to the reader. This macro does not + evaluate to an rvalue, but it does execute any memory-barrier + instructions required for a given CPU architecture. Perhaps just as important, it serves to document (1) which pointers are protected by RCU and (2) the point at which a diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index a8ed624da555..0c9b92799abc 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { } * other macros that it invokes. */ #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \ -({ \ +do { \ uintptr_t _r_a_p__v = (uintptr_t)(v); \ rcu_check_sparse(p, __rcu); \ \ @@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { } WRITE_ONCE((p), (typeof(p))(_r_a_p__v)); \ else \ smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \ - _r_a_p__v; \ -}) +} while (0) /** * rcu_swap_protected() - swap an RCU and a regular pointer diff --git a/tools/include/linux/rcu.h b/tools/include/linux/rcu.h index 7d02527e5bce..9554d3fa54f3 100644 --- a/tools/include/linux/rcu.h +++ b/tools/include/linux/rcu.h @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline bool rcu_is_watching(void) return false; } -#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) ((p) = (v)) -#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) p=(v) +#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) +#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) #endif diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h index fd280b070fdb..fed468fb0c78 100644 --- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ #define rcu_dereference_raw(p) rcu_dereference(p) #define rcu_dereference_protected(p, cond) rcu_dereference(p) #define rcu_dereference_check(p, cond) rcu_dereference(p) -#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) (p) = (v) +#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) #endif |