linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] buffer: Fix I/O error due to ARM read-after-read hazard

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg4vi27mnMVgZ-rzcEdDAjTXrY1Jyz3+=5STcY0bw4-jQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:39:01 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Vincent Whitchurch <rabinv@...s.com>,
        Richard Earnshaw <Richard.Earnshaw@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] buffer: Fix I/O error due to ARM read-after-read hazard

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 10:22 AM Catalin Marinas
<catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:
>
> OK, so this includes changing test_bit() to perform a READ_ONCE.

That's not going to happen.

              Linus