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| author | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2016-09-26 00:23:57 +0300 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2016-09-26 00:34:19 +0300 |
| commit | f20fbc0717f9f007c94b2641134b19228d0ce9ed (patch) | |
| tree | 1404248ebbec552a3fb7928b75322b65d74de1bd /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 8cb2a7d5667ab9a9c2fdd356357b85b63b320901 (diff) | |
| parent | fe0acb5fcb7fe8cb3d68bbdb8459865c972d8f83 (diff) | |
| download | linux-f20fbc0717f9f007c94b2641134b19228d0ce9ed.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
Conflicts:
net/netfilter/core.c
net/netfilter/nf_tables_netdev.c
Resolve two conflicts before pull request for David's net-next tree:
1) Between c73c24849011 ("netfilter: nf_tables_netdev: remove redundant
ip_hdr assignment") from the net tree and commit ddc8b6027ad0
("netfilter: introduce nft_set_pktinfo_{ipv4, ipv6}_validate()").
2) Between e8bffe0cf964 ("net: Add _nf_(un)register_hooks symbols") and
Aaron Conole's patches to replace list_head with single linked list.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 436aa4e42221..668569844d37 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -527,13 +527,14 @@ 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 size_t variable is to validate @p is indeed a pointer - * type by making sure it can be dereferenced. + * The seemingly unused variable ___typecheck_p validates that @p is + * indeed a pointer type by using a pointer to typeof(*p) as the type. + * Taking a pointer to typeof(*p) again is needed in case p is void *. */ #define lockless_dereference(p) \ ({ \ typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \ - size_t __maybe_unused __size_of_ptr = sizeof(*(p)); \ + typeof(*(p)) *___typecheck_p __maybe_unused; \ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ (_________p1); \ }) |