Because I need WRITE_ONCE_NOCHECK() and in anticipation of Will's READ_ONCE rewrite, provide __{READ,WRITE}_ONCE_SCALAR(). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/compiler.h | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -289,6 +289,14 @@ unsigned long read_word_at_a_time(const __u.__val; \ }) +#define __READ_ONCE_SCALAR(x) \ + (*(const volatile typeof(x) *)&(x)) + +#define __WRITE_ONCE_SCALAR(x, val) \ +do { \ + *(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x) = val; \ +} while (0) + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ /*