From: Paul E. McKenney Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 22:23:45 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rcu: Add a gcc-style structure initializer for RCU pointers X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=172708d002e0a2aca032b04fe6f2b8525c29244a;p=linux-beck.git rcu: Add a gcc-style structure initializer for RCU pointers RCU_INIT_POINTER() returns a value that is never used, and which should be abolished due to terminal ugliness: q = RCU_INIT_POINTER(global_p, p); However, there are two uses that cannot be handled by a do-while formulation because they do gcc-style initialization: RCU_INIT_POINTER(.real_cred, &init_cred), RCU_INIT_POINTER(.cred, &init_cred), This usage is clever, but not necessarily the nicest approach. This commit therefore creates an RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() macro that is specifically designed for gcc-style initialization. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: David Howells --- diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 9cac722b169c..ffe24c09e53d 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -905,6 +905,14 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void) #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) \ p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v) +/** + * RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer + * + * GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field. + */ +#define RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(p, v) \ + .p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v) + static __always_inline bool __is_kfree_rcu_offset(unsigned long offset) { return offset < 4096;