linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security: use READ_ONCE instead of deprecated ACCESS

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:20:44 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: use READ_ONCE instead of deprecated ACCESS_ONCE

Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net> wrote:

> With the new standardized functions, we can replace all ACCESS_ONCE()
> calls across relevant security/keyrings/.
> 
> ACCESS_ONCE() does not work reliably on non-scalar types. For example
> gcc 4.6 and 4.7 might remove the volatile tag for such accesses during
> the SRA (scalar replacement of aggregates) step:
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145
> 
> Update the new calls regardless of if it is a scalar type, this is
> cleaner than having three alternatives.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>

Applied.