From 71d1d5c722db9ae3b3f9c08ef7ddcd7759fbb1e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:13:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] rcu: add __rcu API for later sparse checking
This commit defines an __rcu API, but provides only vacuous definitions
for it. This breaks dependencies among most of the subsequent patches,
allowing them to reach mainline asynchronously via whatever trees are
appropriate.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
---
include/linux/compiler.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index a5a472b10746c..c1a62c56a6602 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
# define __release(x) __context__(x,-1)
# define __cond_lock(x,c) ((c) ? ({ __acquire(x); 1; }) : 0)
# define __percpu __attribute__((noderef, address_space(3)))
+# define __rcu
extern void __chk_user_ptr(const volatile void __user *);
extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
#else
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
# define __release(x) (void)0
# define __cond_lock(x,c) (c)
# define __percpu
+# define __rcu
#endif
#ifdef __KERNEL__
--
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