Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull locking fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two lockless_dereference() related fixes"

* 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  locking/barriers: Suppress sparse warnings in lockless_dereference()
  Revert "drm/fb-helper: Reduce READ_ONCE(master) to lockless_dereference"
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Linus Torvalds 2016-08-18 13:45:48 -07:00
commit bd3fd451ff
2 changed files with 4 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static bool drm_fb_helper_is_bound(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
/* Sometimes user space wants everything disabled, so don't steal the
* display if there's a master. */
if (lockless_dereference(dev->master))
if (READ_ONCE(dev->master))
return false;
drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {

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@ -527,13 +527,13 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
* 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 *.
* The seemingly unused size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer
* type by making sure it can be dereferenced.
*/
#define lockless_dereference(p) \
({ \
typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
__maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = _________p1; \
size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \
smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
(_________p1); \
})