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) Fixup gup_pmd_range. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/gup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c index a900759..bed30efa 100644 --- a/mm/gup.c +++ b/mm/gup.c @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ static int gup_pmd_range(pud_t pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pmdp = pmd_offset(&pud, addr); do { - pmd_t pmd = ACCESS_ONCE(*pmdp); + pmd_t pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp); next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end); if (pmd_none(pmd) || pmd_trans_splitting(pmd)) -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
