From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751771AbaHVT1y (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:27:54 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:53501 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751719AbaHVT1w (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:27:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:27:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20140822.122751.953073827713209046.davem@davemloft.net> To: bernat.ada@gmail.com Cc: mchan@broadcom.com, eddie.wai@broadcom.com, joe@perches.com, mingo@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cnic: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20140817101149.GA3692@ada> References: <20140817101149.GA3692@ada> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:27:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:12:09 +0300 > 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. ... > Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Applied.