From 172708d002e0a2aca032b04fe6f2b8525c29244a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Add a gcc-style structure initializer for RCU pointers RCU_INIT_POINTER() returns a value that is never used, and which should be abolished due to terminal ugliness: q = RCU_INIT_POINTER(global_p, p); However, there are two uses that cannot be handled by a do-while formulation because they do gcc-style initialization: RCU_INIT_POINTER(.real_cred, &init_cred), RCU_INIT_POINTER(.cred, &init_cred), This usage is clever, but not necessarily the nicest approach. This commit therefore creates an RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() macro that is specifically designed for gcc-style initialization. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: David Howells --- include/linux/rcupdate.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h index 9cac722..ffe24c0 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h +++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h @@ -905,6 +905,14 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void) #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) \ p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v) +/** + * RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer + * + * GCC-style initialization for an RCU-protected pointer in a structure field. + */ +#define RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER(p, v) \ + .p = (typeof(*v) __force __rcu *)(v) + static __always_inline bool __is_kfree_rcu_offset(unsigned long offset) { return offset < 4096; -- 2.7.4