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    rcu: only one evaluation of arg in rcu_dereference_check() unless sparse · 53ecfba2
    Paul E. McKenney 提交于
    The current version of the __rcu_access_pointer(), __rcu_dereference_check(),
    and __rcu_dereference_protected() macros evaluate their "p" argument
    three times, not counting typeof()s.  This is bad news if that argument
    contains a side effect.  This commit therefore evaluates this argument
    only once in normal kernel builds.  However, the straightforward approach
    defeats sparse's RCU-pointer checking, so when __CHECKER__ is defined,
    the additional pair of evaluations of the "p" argument are performed in
    order to permit sparse to detect misuse of RCU-protected pointers.
    Signed-off-by: NPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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