From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:29:02 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff()
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rcu: Add rcu_pointer_handoff()

This commit adds an rcu_pointer_handoff() that is intended to mark
situations where a structure's protection transitions from RCU to some
other mechanism (locking, reference counting, whatever).  These markings
should allow external tools to more easily spot bugs involving leaking
pointers out of RCU read-side critical sections.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 6c3ceceb6148..587eb057e2fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -812,6 +812,28 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
  */
 #define rcu_dereference_sched(p) rcu_dereference_sched_check(p, 0)
 
+/**
+ * rcu_pointer_handoff() - Hand off a pointer from RCU to other mechanism
+ * @p: The pointer to hand off
+ *
+ * This is simply an identity function, but it documents where a pointer
+ * is handed off from RCU to some other synchronization mechanism, for
+ * example, reference counting or locking.  In C11, it would map to
+ * kill_dependency().  It could be used as follows:
+ *
+ *	rcu_read_lock();
+ *	p = rcu_dereference(gp);
+ *	long_lived = is_long_lived(p);
+ *	if (long_lived) {
+ *		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(p->refcnt))
+ *			long_lived = false;
+ *		else
+ *			p = rcu_pointer_handoff(p);
+ *	}
+ *	rcu_read_unlock();
+ */
+#define rcu_pointer_handoff(p) (p)
+
 /**
  * rcu_read_lock() - mark the beginning of an RCU read-side critical section
  *