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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 10:49:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-07-01 10:49:25 -0700
commit02201e3f1b46aed7c6348f406b7b40de80ba6de3 (patch)
tree2392c9098359725c195dd82a72b20ccedc1a1509 /include/linux/compiler.h
parent0890a264794f33df540fbaf274699146903b4e6b (diff)
parent20bdc2cfdbc484777b30b96fcdbb8994038f3ce1 (diff)
Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux
Pull module updates from Rusty Russell: "Main excitement here is Peter Zijlstra's lockless rbtree optimization to speed module address lookup. He found some abusers of the module lock doing that too. A little bit of parameter work here too; including Dan Streetman's breaking up the big param mutex so writing a parameter can load another module (yeah, really). Unfortunately that broke the usual suspects, !CONFIG_MODULES and !CONFIG_SYSFS, so those fixes were appended too" * tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (26 commits) modules: only use mod->param_lock if CONFIG_MODULES param: fix module param locks when !CONFIG_SYSFS. rcu: merge fix for Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() module: add per-module param_lock module: make perm const params: suppress unused variable error, warn once just in case code changes. modules: clarify CONFIG_MODULE_COMPRESS help, suggest 'N'. kernel/module.c: avoid ifdefs for sig_enforce declaration kernel/workqueue.c: remove ifdefs over wq_power_efficient kernel/params.c: export param_ops_bool_enable_only kernel/params.c: generalize bool_enable_only kernel/module.c: use generic module param operaters for sig_enforce kernel/params: constify struct kernel_param_ops uses sysfs: tightened sysfs permission checks module: Rework module_addr_{min,max} module: Use __module_address() for module_address_lookup() module: Make the mod_tree stuff conditional on PERF_EVENTS || TRACING module: Optimize __module_address() using a latched RB-tree rbtree: Implement generic latch_tree seqlock: Introduce raw_read_seqcount_latch() ...
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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 26fc8bc77f85..7f8ad9593da7 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -475,6 +475,21 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x); })
#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*__ACCESS_ONCE(x))
+/**
+ * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference
+ * @p: The pointer to load
+ *
+ * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to
+ * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That
+ * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality.
+ */
+#define lockless_dereference(p) \
+({ \
+ typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
+ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
+ (_________p1); \
+})
+
/* Ignore/forbid kprobes attach on very low level functions marked by this attribute: */
#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
# define __kprobes __attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text")))