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rcu: Tell the compiler that rcu_state_p is immutable

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This commit adds a "const" tag to the declarations of rcu_state_p,
which should allow the compiler to generate better code and also to
catch erroneous assignments to this variable.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2015-03-04 07:39:27 -08:00
parent 727b705baf
commit b28a7c0166
2 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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kernel/rcu/tree.c
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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct rcu_state sname##_state = { \
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_sched, 's', call_rcu_sched);
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh, 'b', call_rcu_bh);
static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p;
static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p;
LIST_HEAD(rcu_struct_flavors);
/* Increase (but not decrease) the CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF at boot time. */

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kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
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@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_preempt, 'p', call_rcu);
static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p = &rcu_preempt_state;
static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p = &rcu_preempt_state;
static int rcu_preempted_readers_exp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
static void rcu_report_exp_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp,
@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ void exit_rcu(void)
#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p = &rcu_sched_state;
static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p = &rcu_sched_state;
/*
* Tell them what RCU they are running.