Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] security: use READ_ONCE instead of deprecated ACCESS_ONCE | Date | Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:20:44 +0000 |
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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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