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-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h15
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h15
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 000c5f90f08c..2bd394ed35f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -454,6 +454,21 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
*/
#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
+/**
+ * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference
+ * @p: The pointer to load
+ *
+ * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to
+ * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That
+ * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality.
+ */
+#define lockless_dereference(p) \
+({ \
+ typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
+ smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
+ (_________p1); \
+})
+
/* Ignore/forbid kprobes attach on very low level functions marked by this attribute: */
#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
# define __kprobes __attribute__((__section__(".kprobes.text")))
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 53ff1a752d7e..a4a819ffb2d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -617,21 +617,6 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
#define RCU_INITIALIZER(v) (typeof(*(v)) __force __rcu *)(v)
/**
- * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference
- * @p: The pointer to load
- *
- * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to
- * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU. That
- * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality.
- */
-#define lockless_dereference(p) \
-({ \
- typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
- smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
- (_________p1); \
-})
-
-/**
* rcu_assign_pointer() - assign to RCU-protected pointer
* @p: pointer to assign to
* @v: value to assign (publish)