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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-05-13 00:56:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-06-09 03:52:41 +0200 |
| commit | 41a2901e7d220875752a8c870e0b53288a578c20 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fee0c0fb4e4de059050c0003c370042bb832ffc /Documentation/RCU/Design | |
| parent | rcu: Remove the now-obsolete PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY Kconfig option (diff) | |
| download | linux-41a2901e7d220875752a8c870e0b53288a578c20.tar.xz linux-41a2901e7d220875752a8c870e0b53288a578c20.zip | |
rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option
The sparse-based checking for non-RCU accesses to RCU-protected pointers
has been around for a very long time, and it is now the only type of
sparse-based checking that is optional. This commit therefore makes
it unconditional.
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/RCU/Design')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html index 8c94fc1d1c84..0e6550a8c926 100644 --- a/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html +++ b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html @@ -559,9 +559,7 @@ The <tt>rcu_access_pointer()</tt> on line 6 is similar to For <tt>remove_gp_synchronous()</tt>, as long as all modifications to <tt>gp</tt> are carried out while holding <tt>gp_lock</tt>, the above optimizations are harmless. - However, - with <tt>CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER=y</tt>, - <tt>sparse</tt> will complain if you + However, <tt>sparse</tt> will complain if you define <tt>gp</tt> with <tt>__rcu</tt> and then access it without using either <tt>rcu_access_pointer()</tt> or <tt>rcu_dereference()</tt>. @@ -1978,9 +1976,8 @@ guard against mishaps and misuse: and <tt>rcu_dereference()</tt>, perhaps (incorrectly) substituting a simple assignment. To catch this sort of error, a given RCU-protected pointer may be - tagged with <tt>__rcu</tt>, after which running sparse - with <tt>CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER=y</tt> will complain - about simple-assignment accesses to that pointer. + tagged with <tt>__rcu</tt>, after which sparse + will complain about simple-assignment accesses to that pointer. Arnd Bergmann made me aware of this requirement, and also supplied the needed <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/376011/">patch series</a>. |