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McKenney" To: rcu@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, joel@joelfernandes.org, Andrea Parri , "Paul E. McKenney" , Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , Matthew Wilcox , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 9/9] rcu: Don't return a value from rcu_assign_pointer() Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 08:00:15 -0700 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20190530145942.GA30318@linux.ibm.com> References: <20190530145942.GA30318@linux.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 19053015-0052-0000-0000-000003C9138F X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00011185; HX=3.00000242; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000286; SDB=6.01210785; UDB=6.00636158; IPR=6.00991820; MB=3.00027120; MTD=3.00000008; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2019-05-30 15:00:24 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 19053015-0053-0000-0000-0000611A1481 Message-Id: <20190530150015.30995-9-paulmck@linux.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2019-05-30_08:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1905300106 Sender: rcu-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: rcu@vger.kernel.org From: Andrea Parri Quoting Paul [1]: "Given that a quick (and perhaps error-prone) search of the uses of rcu_assign_pointer() in v5.1 didn't find a single use of the return value, let's please instead change the documentation and implementation to eliminate the return value." [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190523135013.GL28207@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: Josh Triplett Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Lai Jiangshan Cc: Joel Fernandes Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt | 8 ++++---- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 5 ++--- tools/include/linux/rcu.h | 4 ++-- tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt index 981651a8b65d..7e1a8721637a 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt +++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ synchronize_rcu() rcu_assign_pointer() - typeof(p) rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v); + void rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v); Yes, rcu_assign_pointer() -is- implemented as a macro, though it would be cool to be able to declare a function in this manner. @@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ rcu_assign_pointer() The updater uses this function to assign a new value to an RCU-protected pointer, in order to safely communicate the change - in value from the updater to the reader. This function returns - the new value, and also executes any memory-barrier instructions - required for a given CPU architecture. + in value from the updater to the reader. This macro does not + evaluate to an rvalue, but it does execute any memory-barrier + instructions required for a given CPU architecture. Perhaps just as important, it serves to document (1) which pointers are protected by RCU and (2) the point at which a diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index a8ed624da555..0c9b92799abc 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { } * other macros that it invokes. */ #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \ -({ \ +do { \ uintptr_t _r_a_p__v = (uintptr_t)(v); \ rcu_check_sparse(p, __rcu); \ \ @@ -375,8 +375,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { } WRITE_ONCE((p), (typeof(p))(_r_a_p__v)); \ else \ smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \ - _r_a_p__v; \ -}) +} while (0) /** * rcu_swap_protected() - swap an RCU and a regular pointer diff --git a/tools/include/linux/rcu.h b/tools/include/linux/rcu.h index 7d02527e5bce..9554d3fa54f3 100644 --- a/tools/include/linux/rcu.h +++ b/tools/include/linux/rcu.h @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline bool rcu_is_watching(void) return false; } -#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) ((p) = (v)) -#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) p=(v) +#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) +#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) #endif diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h index fd280b070fdb..fed468fb0c78 100644 --- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ #define rcu_dereference_raw(p) rcu_dereference(p) #define rcu_dereference_protected(p, cond) rcu_dereference(p) #define rcu_dereference_check(p, cond) rcu_dereference(p) -#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) (p) = (v) +#define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) do { (p) = (v); } while (0) #endif -- 2.17.1