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authorLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2016-09-23 15:57:16 +0300
committerLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>2016-09-23 15:57:16 +0300
commit0565f49cfe937640c2347f6d7f40ad2f4e4f088b (patch)
tree6067447df39c37946bc2de3ee004f45957bf123e /include/linux/compiler.h
parentccf1e9e1c0072088420aad42797986d6e74366b5 (diff)
parent9395452b4aab7bc2475ef8935b4a4fb99d778d70 (diff)
downloadlinux-0565f49cfe937640c2347f6d7f40ad2f4e4f088b.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v4.8-rc6' into devel
Linux 4.8-rc6
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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); \
})