Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  rcu: Make RCU lockdep check the lockdep_recursion variable
  rcu: Update docs for rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected
  rcu: Better explain the condition parameter of rcu_dereference_check()
  rcu: Add rcu_access_pointer and rcu_dereference_protected

1 files changed, 56 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 872a98e13d6a..07db2feb8572 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -101,10 +101,7 @@ extern struct lockdep_map rcu_sched_lock_map;
 # define rcu_read_release_sched() \
 		lock_release(&rcu_sched_lock_map, 1, _THIS_IP_)
 
-static inline int debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled(void)
-{
-	return likely(rcu_scheduler_active && debug_locks);
-}
+extern int debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled(void);
 
 /**
  * rcu_read_lock_held - might we be in RCU read-side critical section?
@@ -195,12 +192,30 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_sched_held(void)
 
 /**
  * rcu_dereference_check - rcu_dereference with debug checking
+ * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
+ * @c: The conditions under which the dereference will take place
+ *
+ * Do an rcu_dereference(), but check that the conditions under which the
+ * dereference will take place are correct.  Typically the conditions indicate
+ * the various locking conditions that should be held at that point.  The check
+ * should return true if the conditions are satisfied.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *
+ *	bar = rcu_dereference_check(foo->bar, rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+ *					      lockdep_is_held(&foo->lock));
  *
- * Do an rcu_dereference(), but check that the context is correct.
- * For example, rcu_dereference_check(gp, rcu_read_lock_held()) to
- * ensure that the rcu_dereference_check() executes within an RCU
- * read-side critical section.  It is also possible to check for
- * locks being held, for example, by using lockdep_is_held().
+ * could be used to indicate to lockdep that foo->bar may only be dereferenced
+ * if either the RCU read lock is held, or that the lock required to replace
+ * the bar struct at foo->bar is held.
+ *
+ * Note that the list of conditions may also include indications of when a lock
+ * need not be held, for example during initialisation or destruction of the
+ * target struct:
+ *
+ *	bar = rcu_dereference_check(foo->bar, rcu_read_lock_held() ||
+ *					      lockdep_is_held(&foo->lock) ||
+ *					      atomic_read(&foo->usage) == 0);
  */
 #define rcu_dereference_check(p, c) \
 	({ \
@@ -209,13 +224,45 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_sched_held(void)
 		rcu_dereference_raw(p); \
 	})
 
+/**
+ * rcu_dereference_protected - fetch RCU pointer when updates prevented
+ *
+ * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
+ * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE().  This
+ * is useful in cases where update-side locks prevent the value of the
+ * pointer from changing.  Please note that this primitive does -not-
+ * prevent the compiler from repeating this reference or combining it
+ * with other references, so it should not be used without protection
+ * of appropriate locks.
+ */
+#define rcu_dereference_protected(p, c) \
+	({ \
+		if (debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() && !(c)) \
+			lockdep_rcu_dereference(__FILE__, __LINE__); \
+		(p); \
+	})
+
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
 
 #define rcu_dereference_check(p, c)	rcu_dereference_raw(p)
+#define rcu_dereference_protected(p, c) (p)
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
 
 /**
+ * rcu_access_pointer - fetch RCU pointer with no dereferencing
+ *
+ * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit the
+ * smp_read_barrier_depends() and keep the ACCESS_ONCE().  This is useful
+ * when the value of this pointer is accessed, but the pointer is not
+ * dereferenced, for example, when testing an RCU-protected pointer against
+ * NULL.  This may also be used in cases where update-side locks prevent
+ * the value of the pointer from changing, but rcu_dereference_protected()
+ * is a lighter-weight primitive for this use case.
+ */
+#define rcu_access_pointer(p)	ACCESS_ONCE(p)
+
+/**
  * rcu_read_lock - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section.
  *
  * When synchronize_rcu() is invoked on one CPU while other CPUs