On 08/18/2017 01:23 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > Annotate gendisk.part_tbl and disk_part_tbl.part dereferences with > rcu_dereference_protected(). This patch does not change the behavior > of the modified code but ensures that sparse does not complain about > disk->part_tbl manipulations nor about part_tbl->part accesses. > Additionally, improve documentation of the locking requirements of > the modified functions. > > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > --- > block/genhd.c | 15 ++++++++++----- > block/partition-generic.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)