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    rcu: Do a single rhp->func read in rcu_head_after_call_rcu() · b699cce1
    Neeraj Upadhyay authored
    The rcu_head_after_call_rcu() function reads the rhp->func pointer twice,
    which can result in a false-positive WARN_ON_ONCE() if the callback
    were passed to call_rcu() between the two reads.  Although racing
    rcu_head_after_call_rcu() with call_rcu() is to be a dubious use case
    (the return value is not reliable in that case), intermittent and
    irreproducible warnings are also quite dubious.  This commit therefore
    uses a single READ_ONCE() to pick up the value of rhp->func once, then
    tests that value twice, thus guaranteeing consistent processing within
    rcu_head_after_call_rcu()().
    
    Neverthless, racing rcu_head_after_call_rcu() with call_rcu() is still
    a dubious use case.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
    [ paulmck: Add blank line after declaration per checkpatch.pl. ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
    b699cce1
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