[tip:x86/urgent] x86, atomic: atomic64_read() take a const pointer

[tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin]

Commit-ID:  8030c36d13f030103356709e63638678fdc66fdc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8030c36d13f030103356709e63638678fdc66fdc
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:33:24 -0800
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 19:33:24 -0800

x86, atomic: atomic64_read() take a const pointer

atomic64_read() doesn't actually write anything (as far as the C
environment is concerned... the CPU does actually write but that's an
implementation quirk), so it should take a const pointer.

This does NOT mean that it is safe to use atomic64_read() on an object
in readonly storage (it will trap!)

Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120109165859.1879abda.akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
index 24098aa..fa13f0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static inline void atomic64_set(atomic64_t *v, long long i)
  *
  * Atomically reads the value of @v and returns it.
  */
-static inline long long atomic64_read(atomic64_t *v)
+static inline long long atomic64_read(const atomic64_t *v)
 {
 	long long r;
 	asm volatile(ATOMIC64_ALTERNATIVE(read)
--
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