[tip:locking/core] locking/barriers: Validate lockless_dereference() is used on a pointer type

[tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra]

Commit-ID:  25841ee0e9d2a1d952828138416701f20ea831eb
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/25841ee0e9d2a1d952828138416701f20ea831eb
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 22 May 2016 12:48:27 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:06:11 +0200

locking/barriers: Validate lockless_dereference() is used on a pointer type

Add a cast to void * to validate the argument @p is indeed a pointer.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160522104827.GP3193@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/compiler.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 793c082..e9c6417 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -545,9 +545,13 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
  * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to
  * 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 *.
  */
 #define lockless_dereference(p) \
 ({ \
+	__maybe_unused const void * const _________p2 = p; \
 	typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
 	smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
 	(_________p1); \