From 331b6d8c7afc2e5b900b9dcd850c265e1ba8d8e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 12:48:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] locking/barriers: Validate lockless_dereference() is used on a pointer type Use the type to validate the argument @p is indeed a pointer type. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Alexey Dobriyan Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Paul McKenney Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160522104827.GP3193@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/compiler.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 793c0829e3a3..06f27fd9d760 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -545,10 +545,14 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to * 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 *. */ #define lockless_dereference(p) \ ({ \ typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \ + __maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = _________p1; \ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ (_________p1); \ })