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From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org,
	sparse@chrisli.org, lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: rcu: Make rcu_assign_pointer's assignment volatile and type-safe
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 17:06:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130902000626.GA22111@leaf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5223d2b1.W0Uf1KjUIaBOcCMH%wangshilong1991@gmail.com>

On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 07:50:09AM +0800, Wang Shilong wrote:
> Hello, Using checkpatch.pl, i get the following warnings(errors):
> WARNING: line over 80 characters
> #57: FILE: include/linux/rcupdate.h:518:
> +		extern void __rcu_assign_pointer_typecheck(int, typeof(*(v)) __kernel *); \

It'd get much uglier if wrapped, and the function name needs to stay
unique to avoid conflicts with the macro context.  I don't plan to
change this.

> ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxB)
> #72: FILE: include/linux/rcupdate.h:568:
> +		ACCESS_ONCE(p) = (typeof(*(v)) __force space *)(v); \

False positive; checkpatch.pl seems to parse this as multiplication
rather than a cast.

- Josh Triplett

      reply	other threads:[~2013-09-02  0:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-01 23:50 rcu: Make rcu_assign_pointer's assignment volatile and type-safe Wang Shilong
2013-09-02  0:06 ` Josh Triplett [this message]

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