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)
Change the gup code to replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE.
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
static inline pte_t gup_get_pte(pte_t *ptep)
{
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
- return ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep);
+ return READ_ONCE(*ptep);
#else
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