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The rcu_dereference() primitive is also an excellent
- documentation aid, letting the person reading the code
- know exactly which pointers are protected by RCU.
+ documentation aid, letting the person reading the
+ code know exactly which pointers are protected by RCU.
Please note that compilers can also reorder code, and
they are becoming increasingly aggressive about doing
- just that. The rcu_dereference() primitive therefore
- also prevents destructive compiler optimizations.
+ just that. The rcu_dereference() primitive therefore also
+ prevents destructive compiler optimizations. However,
+ with a bit of devious creativity, it is possible to
+ mishandle the return value from rcu_dereference().
+ Please see rcu_dereference.txt in this directory for
+ more information.
The rcu_dereference() primitive is used by the
various "_rcu()" list-traversal primitives, such