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genetlink: Add rcu_dereference_genl and genl_dereference.
This adds rcu_dereference_genl and genl_dereference, which are genl
variants of the RTNL functions to enforce proper locking with lockdep
and sparse.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
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include/linux/genetlink.h
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include/linux/genetlink.h
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extern int lockdep_genl_is_held(void);
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#endif
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/**
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* rcu_dereference_genl - rcu_dereference with debug checking
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* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
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*
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* Do an rcu_dereference(p), but check caller either holds rcu_read_lock()
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* or genl mutex. Note : Please prefer genl_dereference() or rcu_dereference()
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*/
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#define rcu_dereference_genl(p) \
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rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_genl_is_held())
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/**
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* genl_dereference - fetch RCU pointer when updates are prevented by genl mutex
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* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
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*
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* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
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* both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE(), because
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* caller holds genl mutex.
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*/
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#define genl_dereference(p) \
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rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_genl_is_held())
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#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
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#endif /* __LINUX_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */