Am 15.01.2015 um 21:01 schrieb Oleg Nesterov: > On 01/15, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >> >> Am 15.01.2015 um 20:38 schrieb Oleg Nesterov: >>> On 01/15, Christian Borntraeger wrote: >>>> >>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h >>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h >>>> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static inline void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock) >>>> __ticket_t head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head); >>>> >>>> for (;;) { >>>> - struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets); >>>> + struct __raw_tickets tmp = READ_ONCE(lock->tickets); >>> >>> Agreed, but what about another ACCESS_ONCE() above? >>> >>> Oleg. >> >> tickets.head is a scalar type, so ACCESS_ONCE does work fine with gcc 4.6/4.7. >> My goal was to convert all accesses on non-scalar types > > I understand, but READ_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) looks better anyway and > arch_spin_lock() already use READ_ONCE() for this. > > So why we should keep the last ACCESS_ONCE() in spinlock.h ? Just to make > another cosmetic cleanup which touches the same function later? OK, I will change that one as well. -- 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