Fix RCU list iterator use of 'rcu_dereference()'
authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:59:13 +0000 (21:59 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:23:35 +0000 (08:23 -0700)
commitcc216c5d429892872f70f76975e243aef7ad9db1
tree6455048df83fb61c870367f7a88e701e44ebdd24
parent3925e6fc1f774048404fdd910b0345b06c699eb4
Fix RCU list iterator use of 'rcu_dereference()'

The RCU iterators used 'rcu_dereference()' on an already-fetched RCU
pointer value, which defeats the whole point of the exercise.

When we dereference a pointer protected by RCU, we need to make sure
that we only fetch the value _once_, because if the compiler ends up
re-loading it due to register pressure, the newly reloaded value could
be different from the previously fetched one, and you get inconsistent
results.

Cleaned-up, fixed, and the pointless list_for_each_safe_rcu #define
deleted by Paul Kenney.

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/list.h