Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: use rcu to protect device->name V2

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:33:06AM -0700, Zach Brown wrote:
> 
> >#define device_name_printk(dev, level, fmt, ...) do {		\
> >	struct rcu_string *name;				\
> >								\
> >	rcu_read_lock();					\
> >	name = rcu_dereference(dev->name);			\
> >	printk(level "%s: " fmt, name->str, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
> >	rcu_read_unlock();					\
> >	} while (0)
> 
> Right, that has the same problem of limiting flexibility in the device
> name args.  That's why I gave that example of a specific macro for
> dereferencing a device name arg's rcu_string.
> 
> Does this diff make it more clear?  It's generated on your patch, only
> build tested..
> 

Ah ok I like that better than what I had, I'll do that, thanks,

Josef
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