Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing.

From	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing.
Date	2016-05-03 15:10 +0200
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On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 01:45:20AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 11:06:44AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > And for v.  But how do I do that without C++ templates?
> > 
> > Also, does __builtin_constant_p() work reliably on a parameter?
> > Especially when the compiler decides not to do the inlining?
> 
> Yeah, it's going to be a pain indeed, guess that's why it hasn't been
> done before..

Speaking of pain and things that haven't been done before, would you
be interested in being in the first group to review an attempt to
formalize memory-barriers.txt?

							Thanx, Paul

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[PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 15:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-01 19:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-01 22:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-02 16:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-02 20:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-02 20:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-02 20:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-03 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] target: use RCU_INIT_POINTER() when NULLing. "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-05-03 15:10 +0200

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