Re: READ_ONCE() + STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG == :/ (was Re: [GIT PULL] Please pull powerpc/linux.git powerpc-5.5-2 tag (topic/kasan-bitops))

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On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 07:34:01PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> void ool_store_release(volatile unsigned long *ptr, unsigned long val)
> {
> 	smp_store_release(ptr, val);
> }
> 
> 0000000000000000 <ool_store_release>:
>    0:   a9be7bfd        stp     x29, x30, [sp, #-32]!
>    4:   90000002        adrp    x2, 0 <__stack_chk_guard>
>    8:   91000042        add     x2, x2, #0x0
>    c:   910003fd        mov     x29, sp
>   10:   f9400043        ldr     x3, [x2]
>   14:   f9000fa3        str     x3, [x29, #24]
>   18:   d2800003        mov     x3, #0x0                        // #0
>   1c:   c89ffc01        stlr    x1, [x0]
>   20:   f9400fa1        ldr     x1, [x29, #24]
>   24:   f9400040        ldr     x0, [x2]
>   28:   ca000020        eor     x0, x1, x0
>   2c:   b5000060        cbnz    x0, 38 <ool_store_release+0x38>
>   30:   a8c27bfd        ldp     x29, x30, [sp], #32
>   34:   d65f03c0        ret
>   38:   94000000        bl      0 <__stack_chk_fail>
> 
> It's a mess, and fixing READ_ONCE() doesn't help this case, which is why
> I was looking at getting rid of volatile where it's not strictly needed.
> I'm certainly open to other suggestions, I just haven't managed to think
> of anything else.

We could move the kernel to C++ and write:

	std::remove_volatile<typeof(p)>::type __p = (p);

/me runs like hell...



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