Re: [PATCH v2] cnic: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer()

[Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>]

On Sun, 2014-08-17 at 13:12 +0300, Andreea-Cristina Bernat wrote: 
> The "rcu_dereference()" calls are used directly in conditions.
> Since their return values are never dereferenced it is recommended to use
> "rcu_access_pointer()" instead of "rcu_dereference()".
> Therefore, this patch makes the replacements.
> 
> The following Coccinelle semantic patch was used:
> @@
> @@
> 
> (
>  if(
>  (<+...
> - rcu_dereference
> + rcu_access_pointer
>   (...)
>   ...+>)) {...}
> |
>  while(
>  (<+...
> - rcu_dereference
> + rcu_access_pointer
>   (...)
>   ...+>)) {...}
> )
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com>

> ---
> v2: Modified subject line from
>  "rcu: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer()"
>  to
>  "cnic: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer()",
>  noted by David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
> index 8244e2b..dad9cb7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
> @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static int cnic_iscsi_nl_msg_recv(struct cnic_dev *dev, u32 msg_type,
>  			break;
>  
>  		rcu_read_lock();
> -		if (!rcu_dereference(cp->ulp_ops[CNIC_ULP_L4])) {
> +		if (!rcu_access_pointer(cp->ulp_ops[CNIC_ULP_L4])) {
>  			rc = -ENODEV;
>  			rcu_read_unlock();
>  			break;
> @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ int cnic_unregister_driver(int ulp_type)
>  	list_for_each_entry(dev, &cnic_dev_list, list) {
>  		struct cnic_local *cp = dev->cnic_priv;
>  
> -		if (rcu_dereference(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type])) {
> +		if (rcu_access_pointer(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type])) {
>  			pr_err("%s: Type %d still has devices registered\n",
>  			       __func__, ulp_type);
>  			read_unlock(&cnic_dev_lock);
> @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int cnic_register_device(struct cnic_dev *dev, int ulp_type,
>  		mutex_unlock(&cnic_lock);
>  		return -EAGAIN;
>  	}
> -	if (rcu_dereference(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type])) {
> +	if (rcu_access_pointer(cp->ulp_ops[ulp_type])) {
>  		pr_err("%s: Type %d has already been registered to this device\n",
>  		       __func__, ulp_type);
>  		mutex_unlock(&cnic_lock);