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hlist_add_tail_rcu disable sparse warning

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sparse is unhappy about this code in hlist_add_tail_rcu:

        struct hlist_node *i, *last = NULL;

        for (i = hlist_first_rcu(h); i; i = hlist_next_rcu(i))
                last = i;

This is because hlist_next_rcu and hlist_next_rcu return
__rcu pointers.

It's a false positive - it's a write side primitive and so
does not need to be called in a read side critical section.

The following trivial patch disables the warning
without changing the behaviour in any way.

Note: __hlist_for_each_rcu would also remove the warning but it would be
confusing since it calls rcu_derefence and is designed to run in the rcu
read side critical section.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Michael S. Tsirkin 2017-02-27 21:14:19 +02:00 • committed by Paul E. McKenney
parent d1e4f01d09
commit 48ac34666f
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include/linux/rculist.h
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@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ static inline void hlist_add_tail_rcu(struct hlist_node *n,
{
struct hlist_node *i, *last = NULL;
for (i = hlist_first_rcu(h); i; i = hlist_next_rcu(i))
/* Note: write side code, so rcu accessors are not needed. */
for (i = h->first; i; i = i->next)
last = i;
if (last) {