> On Feb 18, 2020, at 11:52 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If aligned 64bit stores on 64bit host (note the BITS_PER_LONG ifdefs) end up > being split, the kernel is FUBAR anyway. Details, please - how could that > end up happening? My understanding is the compiler might decide to split the load into saying two 4-byte loads. Then, we might have, Load1 Store Load2 where the load value could be a garbage. Also, Marco (the KCSAN maintainer) who knew more of compiler than me mentioned that there is no guarantee that the store will not be split either. Thus, the WRITE_ONCE().
