On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 08:50:42AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > + /* We need a barrier between the read of the pointer, > + * which is supplied by the above READ_ONCE(). > */ > /* We need a barrier between the read of the pointer > * and dereferencing the pointer - but only if we are > * actually going to dereference it. > */ Could you also fix those "disgusting drug-induced crap" comment styles while you're there anyway? http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.1/00627.html