linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 03/16] IA64: use ACCESS

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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:56:19 -0800
From:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...ell.com>,
	"jirislaby@...il.com" <jirislaby@...il.com>
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	"sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 03/16] IA64: use ACCESS_ONCE for rlimits

> Make sure compiler won't do weird things with limits. E.g. fetching
> them twice may return 2 different values after writable limits are
> implemented.

-	if (size > task->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_MEMLOCK].rlim_cur)
+	if (size > ACCESS_ONCE(task->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_MEMLOCK].rlim_cur))

I don't see how this helps.  If someone else is changing limits while
we are looking at them, then there is a race.  We either get the old
or the new value.  Using ACCESS_ONCE (which on ia64 forces a "volatile"
access, which will make the compiler generate "ld.acq" rather than a
plain "ld") won't make any difference to this race.

Please explain what issue you see with the current code.

-Tony

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