linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI fixes for 3.15-rc3

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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:53:35 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI fixes for 3.15-rc3

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:49 PM, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm, I see why this is needed because of the scsi_put_command(cmd), but I
> think you need to do struct scsi_device *sdev = ACCESS_ONCE(cmd->device)
> instead to prevent gcc from messing with the code generation.

No, if gcc were to move the access to 'cmd' to after the
'scsi_put_command(cmd)', that would be a major compiler bug.

Compilers can't just randomly move code around, guys.

            Linus
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