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rcu: Eliminate signed overflow in synchronize_rcu_expedited()
authorPaul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:03:51 +0000 (16:03 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:41:56 +0000 (07:41 -0700)
commit8aa6123b2897ef9f038ad048e86466904bc84e4e
tree1d365a7a64e3ea1d1dc743afcc1de4b6935caa57
parent9832550689ca20348474dc585c8c6022ce0706b1
rcu: Eliminate signed overflow in synchronize_rcu_expedited()

In the C language, signed overflow is undefined.  It is true that
twos-complement arithmetic normally comes to the rescue, but if the
compiler can subvert this any time it has any information about the values
being compared.  For example, given "if (a - b > 0)", if the compiler
has enough information to realize that (for example) the value of "a"
is positive and that of "b" is negative, the compiler is within its
rights to optimize to a simple "if (1)", which might not be what you want.

This commit therefore converts synchronize_rcu_expedited()'s work-done
detection counter from signed to unsigned.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
kernel/rcutree_plugin.h