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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/rcupdate.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 872a98e13d6..8fe86609441 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -209,13 +209,45 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_sched_held(void) rcu_dereference_raw(p); \ }) +/** + * rcu_dereference_protected - fetch RCU pointer when updates prevented + * + * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit + * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE(). This + * is useful in cases where update-side locks prevent the value of the + * pointer from changing. Please note that this primitive does -not- + * prevent the compiler from repeating this reference or combining it + * with other references, so it should not be used without protection + * of appropriate locks. + */ +#define rcu_dereference_protected(p, c) \ + ({ \ + if (debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !(c)) \ + lockdep_rcu_dereference(__FILE__, __LINE__); \ + (p); \ + }) + #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */ #define rcu_dereference_check(p, c) rcu_dereference_raw(p) +#define rcu_dereference_protected(p, c) (p) #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */ /** + * rcu_access_pointer - fetch RCU pointer with no dereferencing + * + * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit the + * smp_read_barrier_depends() and keep the ACCESS_ONCE(). This is useful + * when the value of this pointer is accessed, but the pointer is not + * dereferenced, for example, when testing an RCU-protected pointer against + * NULL. This may also be used in cases where update-side locks prevent + * the value of the pointer from changing, but rcu_dereference_protected() + * is a lighter-weight primitive for this use case. + */ +#define rcu_access_pointer(p) ACCESS_ONCE(p) + +/** * rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section. * * When synchronize_rcu() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs |