locking/seqlock: Propagate 'const' pointers within read-only methods, remove forced type casts

Currently __seqprop_ptr() is an inline function that must chose to either
use 'const' or non-const seqcount related pointers - but this results in
the undesirable loss of 'const' propagation, via a forced type cast.

The easiest solution would be to turn the pointer wrappers into macros that
pass through whatever type is passed to them - but the clever maze of
seqlock API instantiation macros relies on the GCC CPP '##' macro
extension, which isn't recursive, so inline functions must be used here.

So create two wrapper variants instead: 'ptr' and 'const_ptr', and pick the
right one for the codepaths that are const: read_seqcount_begin() and
read_seqcount_retry().

This cleans up type handling and allows the removal of all type forcing.

No change in functionality.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Waiman Long <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>

Author: Ingo Molnar

include/linux/seqlock.h

@@ -200,9 +200,15 @@ typedef struct seqcount_##lockname {					\
 } seqcount_##lockname##_t;						\
 									\
 static __always_inline seqcount_t *					\
-__seqprop_##lockname##_ptr(const seqcount_##lockname##_t *s)		\
+__seqprop_##lockname##_ptr(seqcount_##lockname##_t *s)			\
 {									\
-	return (void *)&s->seqcount; /* drop const */			\
+	return &s->seqcount;						\
+}									\
+									\
+static __always_inline const seqcount_t *				\
+__seqprop_##lockname##_const_ptr(const seqcount_##lockname##_t *s)	\
+{									\
+	return &s->seqcount;						\
 }									\
 									\
 static __always_inline unsigned						\
@@ -247,9 +253,14 @@ __seqprop_##lockname##_assert(const seqcount_##lockname##_t *s)		\
  * __seqprop() for seqcount_t
  */
 
-static inline seqcount_t *__seqprop_ptr(const seqcount_t *s)
+static inline seqcount_t *__seqprop_ptr(seqcount_t *s)
+{
+	return s;
+}
+
+static inline const seqcount_t *__seqprop_const_ptr(const seqcount_t *s)
 {
-	return (void *)s; /* drop const */
+	return s;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned __seqprop_sequence(const seqcount_t *s)
@@ -302,6 +313,7 @@ SEQCOUNT_LOCKNAME(mutex,        struct mutex,    true,     mutex)
 	__seqprop_case((s),	mutex,		prop))
 
 #define seqprop_ptr(s)			__seqprop(s, ptr)(s)
+#define seqprop_const_ptr(s)		__seqprop(s, const_ptr)(s)
 #define seqprop_sequence(s)		__seqprop(s, sequence)(s)
 #define seqprop_preemptible(s)		__seqprop(s, preemptible)(s)
 #define seqprop_assert(s)		__seqprop(s, assert)(s)
@@ -353,7 +365,7 @@ SEQCOUNT_LOCKNAME(mutex,        struct mutex,    true,     mutex)
  */
 #define read_seqcount_begin(s)						\
 ({									\
-	seqcount_lockdep_reader_access(seqprop_ptr(s));			\
+	seqcount_lockdep_reader_access(seqprop_const_ptr(s));		\
 	raw_read_seqcount_begin(s);					\
 })
 
@@ -419,7 +431,7 @@ SEQCOUNT_LOCKNAME(mutex,        struct mutex,    true,     mutex)
  * Return: true if a read section retry is required, else false
  */
 #define __read_seqcount_retry(s, start)					\
-	do___read_seqcount_retry(seqprop_ptr(s), start)
+	do___read_seqcount_retry(seqprop_const_ptr(s), start)
 
 static inline int do___read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
 {
@@ -439,7 +451,7 @@ static inline int do___read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
  * Return: true if a read section retry is required, else false
  */
 #define read_seqcount_retry(s, start)					\
-	do_read_seqcount_retry(seqprop_ptr(s), start)
+	do_read_seqcount_retry(seqprop_const_ptr(s), start)
 
 static inline int do_read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
 {