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Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] Re: batman-adv: Correct rcu refcounting
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Linus L=FCssing wrote:
> > I think it should look that way:
> > > -       struct gw_node *curr_gw;
> > > +       struct gw_node __rcu *curr_gw;
>=20
> Eh, had been looking at whatisRCU.txt and there gbl_foo in section
> 3 did not have a "__rcu" (actually I hadn't seen that in any of the
> documentations before).

$ git show v2.6.37:Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt|grep __rcu

That document explains it quite well how the sparse check works and why you=
=20
must use __rcu to say "hey, this is a pointer which is used in a special wa=
y).

Best regards,
	Sven

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