From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751829AbaHVT2F (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:28:05 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:53511 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751777AbaHVT2C (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Aug 2014 15:28:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:28:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20140822.122801.607834249912014517.davem@davemloft.net> To: bernat.ada@gmail.com Cc: j.vosburgh@gmail.com, vfalico@gmail.com, andy@greyhouse.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] bonding: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20140817102145.GA3854@ada> References: <20140817102145.GA3854@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 12:28:02 -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 13:21:45 +0300 > This "rcu_dereference()" call is used directly in a condition. > Since its return value is never dereferenced it is recommended to use > "rcu_access_pointer()" instead of "rcu_dereference()". > Therefore, this patch makes this replacement. ... > Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Applied.