rcu: Remove return value from rcu_assign_pointer()
The return value from rcu_assign_pointer() is not used, and using it
would be quite ugly, for example:
q = rcu_assign_pointer(global_p, p);
To prevent this sort of ugliness from spreading, this commit wraps
rcu_assign_pointer() in a do-while loop.
Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index abf44d8..fb8e6db 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@
(_________p1); \
})
#define __rcu_assign_pointer(p, v, space) \
- ({ \
+ do { \
smp_wmb(); \
(p) = (typeof(*v) __force space *)(v); \
- })
+ } while (0)
/**
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@
*
* Assigns the specified value to the specified RCU-protected
* pointer, ensuring that any concurrent RCU readers will see
- * any prior initialization. Returns the value assigned.
+ * any prior initialization.
*
* Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
* (which is most of them), and also prevents the compiler from