[Bridge] [PATCH v2 tip/core/rcu 0/13] Sparse-related updates for 3.13
Josh Triplett
josh at joshtriplett.org
Wed Oct 9 22:18:05 UTC 2013
On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 02:29:20PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This series features updates to allow sparse to do a better job of
> statically analyzing RCU usage:
>
> 1. Apply ACCESS_ONCE() to rcu_assign_pointer()'s target to prevent
> comiler mischief. Also require that the source pointer be from
> the kernel address space. Sometimes it can be from the RCU address
> space, which necessitates the remaining patches in this series.
> Which, it must be admitted, apply to a very small fraction of
> the rcu_assign_pointer() invocations in the kernel. This commit
> courtesy of Josh Triplett.
>
> 2-13. Apply rcu_access_pointer() to avoid a number of false positives.
I would suggest moving patch 1 to the end of the series, to avoid
introducing and subsequently fixing warnings.
- Josh Triplett
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