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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index 867722591be2..eae42c21d5fd 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -457,6 +457,21 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s (volatile typeof(x) *)&(x); }) #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*__ACCESS_ONCE(x)) +/** + * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference + * @p: The pointer to load + * + * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to + * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That + * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality. + */ +#define lockless_dereference(p) \ +({ \ + typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \ + smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \ + (_________p1); \ +}) + /* Ignore/forbid kprobes attach on very low level functions marked by this attribute: */ #ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES # define __kprobes __attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text"))) |