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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] security: use READ_ONCE instead of deprecated ACCESS_ONCE
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    Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> wrote:

    > With the new standardized functions, we can replace all ACCESS_ONCE()
    > calls across relevant security/keyrings/.
    >
    > ACCESS_ONCE() does not work reliably on non-scalar types. For example
    > gcc 4.6 and 4.7 might remove the volatile tag for such accesses during
    > the SRA (scalar replacement of aggregates) step:
    >
    > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145
    >
    > Update the new calls regardless of if it is a scalar type, this is
    > cleaner than having three alternatives.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>

    Applied.

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