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author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-10-23 14:07:25 -0700 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-10-25 11:01:06 +0200 |
commit | b03a0fe0c5e4b46dcd400d27395b124499554a71 (patch) | |
tree | d36452ac27e2f27487af9f930d7a54f3fa01f718 /mm/memory.c | |
parent | 3587679d93d0b0e4c31e5a2ad1dffdfcb77e8526 (diff) | |
download | lwn-b03a0fe0c5e4b46dcd400d27395b124499554a71.tar.gz lwn-b03a0fe0c5e4b46dcd400d27395b124499554a71.zip |
locking/atomics, mm: Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE()
For several reasons, it is desirable to use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() in
preference to ACCESS_ONCE(), and new code is expected to use one of the
former. So far, there's been no reason to change most existing uses of
ACCESS_ONCE(), as these aren't currently harmful.
However, for some features it is necessary to instrument reads and
writes separately, which is not possible with ACCESS_ONCE(). This
distinction is critical to correct operation.
It's possible to transform the bulk of kernel code using the Coccinelle
script below. However, this doesn't handle comments, leaving references
to ACCESS_ONCE() instances which have been removed. As a preparatory
step, this patch converts the mm code and comments to use
{READ,WRITE}_ONCE() consistently.
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virtual patch
@ depends on patch @
expression E1, E2;
@@
- ACCESS_ONCE(E1) = E2
+ WRITE_ONCE(E1, E2)
@ depends on patch @
expression E;
@@
- ACCESS_ONCE(E)
+ READ_ONCE(E)
----
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au
Cc: shuah@kernel.org
Cc: snitzer@redhat.com
Cc: thor.thayer@linux.intel.com
Cc: tj@kernel.org
Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1508792849-3115-15-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index a728bed16c20..cae514e7dcfc 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -3891,9 +3891,9 @@ static int handle_pte_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) /* * some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize, * e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and - * CONFIG_32BIT=y, so READ_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE cannot guarantee - * atomic accesses. The code below just needs a consistent - * view for the ifs and we later double check anyway with the + * CONFIG_32BIT=y, so READ_ONCE cannot guarantee atomic + * accesses. The code below just needs a consistent view + * for the ifs and we later double check anyway with the * ptl lock held. So here a barrier will do. */ barrier(); |