Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 May 2019 16:53:09 +0200 | From | Andrea Parri <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] rcu: Make 'rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)' of type 'typeof(p)' |
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> > TBH, I'm not sure this is 'the right patch' (hence the RFC...): in > > fact, I'm currently missing the motivations for allowing assignments > > such as the "r0 = ..." assignment above in generic code. (BTW, it's > > not currently possible to use such assignments in litmus tests...) > > Given that a quick (and perhaps error-prone) search of the uses of > rcu_assign_pointer() in v5.1 didn't find a single use of the return > value, let's please instead change the documentation and implementation > to eliminate the return value.
Thanks for the confirmation, Paul; I'll prepare the new patch shortly...
Andrea
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