documentation: Update rcu_dereference.txt based on WG21 discussions
This commit provides another caveat for the care and feeding of pointers returned by rcu_dereference() that was pointed out in discussions within the C++ standards committee. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
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@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ o Be very careful about comparing pointers obtained from
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pointer. Note that the volatile cast in rcu_dereference()
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will normally prevent the compiler from knowing too much.
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However, please note that if the compiler knows that the
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pointer takes on only one of two values, a not-equal
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comparison will provide exactly the information that the
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compiler needs to deduce the value of the pointer.
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o Disable any value-speculation optimizations that your compiler
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might provide, especially if you are making use of feedback-based
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optimizations that take data collected from prior runs. Such
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