rcu: Tell the compiler that rcu_state_p is immutable

This commit adds a "const" tag to the declarations of rcu_state_p, which should allow the compiler to generate better code and also to catch erroneous assignments to this variable. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
git-mirror · May 27, 2015 · b28a7c0 · b28a7c0
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diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct rcu_state sname##_state = { \
 RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_sched, 's', call_rcu_sched);
 RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_bh, 'b', call_rcu_bh);
 
-static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p;
+static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p;
 LIST_HEAD(rcu_struct_flavors);
 
 /* Increase (but not decrease) the CONFIG_RCU_FANOUT_LEAF at boot time. */

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce_oddness(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 
 RCU_STATE_INITIALIZER(rcu_preempt, 'p', call_rcu);
-static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p = &rcu_preempt_state;
+static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p = &rcu_preempt_state;
 
 static int rcu_preempted_readers_exp(struct rcu_node *rnp);
 static void rcu_report_exp_rnp(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp,
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ void exit_rcu(void)
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */
 
-static struct rcu_state *rcu_state_p = &rcu_sched_state;
+static struct rcu_state *const rcu_state_p = &rcu_sched_state;
 
 /*
  * Tell them what RCU they are running.