rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option

The sparse-based checking for non-RCU accesses to RCU-protected pointers
has been around for a very long time, and it is now the only type of
sparse-based checking that is optional.  This commit therefore makes
it unconditional.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2017-05-12 15:56:35 -07:00
parent c4a09ff752
commit 41a2901e7d
7 changed files with 7 additions and 42 deletions

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@ -17,11 +17,7 @@
# define __release(x) __context__(x,-1)
# define __cond_lock(x,c) ((c) ? ({ __acquire(x); 1; }) : 0)
# define __percpu __attribute__((noderef, address_space(3)))
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
# define __rcu __attribute__((noderef, address_space(4)))
#else /* CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER */
# define __rcu
#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER */
# define __private __attribute__((noderef))
extern void __chk_user_ptr(const volatile void __user *);
extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);