From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/openvswitch/flow.c: Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer() Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:28:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20140822.122820.711926786446707941.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20140817132943.GA2142@ada> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pshelar@nicira.com, dev@openvswitch.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: bernat.ada@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20140817132943.GA2142@ada> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:29:43 +0300 > The "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 the replacement. ... > Signed-off-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat Applied.