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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-05 08:04:07 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-05 08:04:07 +0200
commitfbc1ec2efe665c07c8c71f9f19edb018f7984107 (patch)
treee7df9dac12c640a83ce8859300e061f1f8913ecd /include/linux/compiler.h
parent02baff325462cc7e81241b21959c5e62e7ca575e (diff)
parentc6935931c1894ff857616ff8549b61236a19148f (diff)
Merge 4.8-rc5 into char-misc-next
We want the fixes in here for merging and testing. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 1bb954842725..436aa4e42221 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -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); \
})