rcu: Don't return a value from rcu_assign_pointer()

Quoting Paul [1]:

  "Given that a quick (and perhaps error-prone) search of the uses
   of rcu_assign_pointer() in v5.1 didn't find a single use of the
   return value, let's please instead change the documentation and
   implementation to eliminate the return value."

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190523135013.GL28207@linux.ibm.com

Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
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2019-05-27 10:49:57 +02:00
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@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ synchronize_rcu()
rcu_assign_pointer()
typeof(p) rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v);
void rcu_assign_pointer(p, typeof(p) v);
Yes, rcu_assign_pointer() -is- implemented as a macro, though it
would be cool to be able to declare a function in this manner.
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ rcu_assign_pointer()
The updater uses this function to assign a new value to an
RCU-protected pointer, in order to safely communicate the change
in value from the updater to the reader. This function returns
the new value, and also executes any memory-barrier instructions
required for a given CPU architecture.
in value from the updater to the reader. This macro does not
evaluate to an rvalue, but it does execute any memory-barrier
instructions required for a given CPU architecture.
Perhaps just as important, it serves to document (1) which
pointers are protected by RCU and (2) the point at which a