Re: [PATCH] md: do not use ++ in rcu_dereference() argument

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 07 September 2010 21:21:55 Kulikov Vasiliy wrote:
> #define __rcu_dereference_check(p, c, space) \
>         ({ \
>                 typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p)*__force )ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
>                                                                    ^
>                 rcu_lockdep_assert(c); \
>                 (void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
>                                       ^     ^
>                 smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
>                 ((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(_________p1)); \
>         })
> 
> If I understand this, it is evaluated three times, right?
 
Yes, that looks like my own fault, I added that :(

This patch seems to fix it, but I need to think about it some more
to make sure it still does everything we need.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 89414d6..743bc3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -313,21 +313,21 @@ extern int rcu_my_thread_group_empty(void);
 #define __rcu_access_pointer(p, space) \
 	({ \
 		typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p)*__force )ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)NULL) == (typeof(p))NULL); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(_________p1)); \
 	})
 #define __rcu_dereference_check(p, c, space) \
 	({ \
 		typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p)*__force )ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
 		rcu_lockdep_assert(c); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)NULL) == (typeof(p))NULL); \
 		smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(_________p1)); \
 	})
 #define __rcu_dereference_protected(p, c, space) \
 	({ \
 		rcu_lockdep_assert(c); \
-		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)p) == p); \
+		(void) (((typeof (*p) space *)NULL) == (typeof(p))NULL); \
 		((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(p)); \
 	})
 
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