linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/13] x86/mm/pae: Use WRITE

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Date:   Sat, 22 Oct 2022 13:14:12 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org, willy@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, aarcange@...hat.com,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, jroedel@...e.de, ubizjak@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] x86/mm/pae: Use WRITE_ONCE()

Disallow write-tearing, that would be really unfortunate.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
  */
 static inline void native_set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 {
-	ptep->pte_high = pte.pte_high;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ptep->pte_high, pte.pte_high);
 	smp_wmb();
-	ptep->pte_low = pte.pte_low;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ptep->pte_low, pte.pte_low);
 }
 
 static inline void native_set_pte_atomic(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ static inline void native_set_pud(pud_t
 static inline void native_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 				    pte_t *ptep)
 {
-	ptep->pte_low = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ptep->pte_low, 0);
 	smp_wmb();
-	ptep->pte_high = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(ptep->pte_high, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void native_pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
-	pmdp->pmd_low = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(pmdp->pmd_low, 0);
 	smp_wmb();
-	pmdp->pmd_high = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(pmdp->pmd_high, 0);
 }
 
 static inline void native_pud_clear(pud_t *pudp)