rcu: create new rcu_access_index() and use in mce
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:15:14 +0000 (07:15 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:27:31 +0000 (07:27 -0700)
The MCE subsystem needs to sample an RCU-protected index outside of
any protection for that index.  If this was a pointer, we would use
rcu_access_pointer(), but there is no corresponding rcu_access_index().
This commit therefore creates an rcu_access_index() and applies it
to MCE.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>

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