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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 5/5] rcuwait: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with WRITE_ONCE
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 10:20:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190221092020.GZ32477@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190221054942.132388-6-joel@joelfernandes.org>

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:49:42AM -0500, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> This suppresses a sparse error generated due to the recently added
> rcu_assign_pointer sparse check below. It seems WRITE_ONCE should be
> sufficient here.
> 
> >> kernel//locking/percpu-rwsem.c:162:9: sparse: error: incompatible
> types in comparison expression (different address spaces)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/rcuwait.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rcuwait.h b/include/linux/rcuwait.h
> index 90bfa3279a01..9e5b4760e6c2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rcuwait.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rcuwait.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern void rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w);
>  	 */                                                             \
>  	WARN_ON(current->exit_state);                                   \
>  									\
> -	rcu_assign_pointer((w)->task, current);				\
> +	WRITE_ONCE((w)->task, current);					\
>  	for (;;) {							\
>  		/*							\
>  		 * Implicit barrier (A) pairs with (B) in		\

Distinct lack of justification for loosing the RELEASE again.

      reply	other threads:[~2019-02-21  9:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-21  5:49 [PATCH RFC 0/5] RCU fixes for rcu_assign_pointer() usage Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  5:49 ` [PATCH RFC 1/5] net: rtnetlink: Fix incorrect RCU API usage Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  5:49 ` [PATCH RFC 2/5] ixgbe: " Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  5:49 ` [PATCH RFC 3/5] sched/cpufreq: " Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  9:18   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-21 15:21     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-21 15:31       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-21 15:52         ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-02-21 16:11           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-21 17:13             ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-21 17:29               ` Paul E. McKenney
2019-02-21 16:17   ` Steven Rostedt
2019-02-21 23:05   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2019-02-21  5:49 ` [PATCH RFC 4/5] sched/topology: Annonate RCU pointers properly Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  9:19   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-21 15:10     ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-21 15:29       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-02-21 17:17         ` Joel Fernandes
2019-02-21  5:49 ` [PATCH RFC 5/5] rcuwait: Replace rcu_assign_pointer() with WRITE_ONCE Joel Fernandes (Google)
2019-02-21  9:20   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]

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