linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] locking: Use [READ,ASSIGN]

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Date:	Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:30:58 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] locking: Use [READ,ASSIGN]_ONCE() for non-scalar
 types

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 01:11:22AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> I guess everyone will eventually have to update, so lets
> do our part... and become the first users of ASSIGN_ONCE().

> -	ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;
> +	ASSIGN_ONCE(node, prev->next);

> -	struct mcs_spinlock *next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next);
> +	struct mcs_spinlock *next = READ_ONCE(node->next);

That's disgusting and sad, doubly so because I was entirely unaware of that stuff.
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