On Fri, Oct 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Refer to ptr_eq() in the rcu_dereference() documentation. > > ptr_eq() is a mechanism that preserves address dependencies when > comparing pointers, and should be favored when comparing a pointer > obtained from rcu_dereference() against another pointer. > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> thanks, - Joel
