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Using rht_dereference_bucket() to dereference ->future_tbl looks like a type error, and could be confusing. Using rht_dereference_rcu() to test a pointer for NULL adds an unnecessary barrier - rcu_access_pointer() is preferred for NULL tests when no lock is held. This uses 3 different ways to access ->future_tbl. - if we know the mutex is held, use rht_dereference() - if we don't hold the mutex, and are only testing for NULL, use rcu_access_pointer() - otherwise (using RCU protection for true dereference), use rht_dereference_rcu(). Note that this includes a simplification of the call to rhashtable_last_table() - we don't do an extra dereference before the call any more. Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.