On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:59:54PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Eliminate warnings when rcu_assign_pointer is used with unsigned long.
> It is reasonable to use RCU with non-pointer values so allow it for general
> use. Add a comment to explain the if test.
Good catch!!! (An apologies for the hassle!!!)
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ---
> include/linux/rcupdate.h | 13 +++++++------
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> index 37a642c..c44ac87 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
> @@ -172,14 +172,15 @@ struct rcu_head {
> * structure after the pointer assignment. More importantly, this
> * call documents which pointers will be dereferenced by RCU read-side
> * code.
> + *
> + * If value is the NULL (constant 0), then no barrier is needed.
> */
>
> -#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
> - ({ \
> - if (!__builtin_constant_p(v) || \
> - ((v) != NULL)) \
> - smp_wmb(); \
> - (p) = (v); \
> +#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
> + ({ \
> + if (!(__builtin_constant_p(v) && v)) \
> + smp_wmb(); \
> + (p) = (v); \
> })
>
> /**
> --
> 1.5.3.8
>
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