linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v5 00/18] Rework READ

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 13:55:43 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Peter Zijlstra' <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
CC:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 00/18] Rework READ_ONCE() to improve codegen

From: Peter Zijlstra
> Sent: 14 May 2020 15:25
..
> Exact same requirements, KASAN even has the data_race() problem through
> READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(), UBSAN doesn't and might be simpler because of it.

What happens if you implement READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() with an
asm() statement containing a memory load?

Is that enough to kill all the instrumentation?

	David

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