So happens it already was not doing it, but there is no need to "hope"
as indicated in the comment.
No changes in generated assembly.
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index e157efc54023..d785bcb75111 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1344,9 +1344,9 @@ void mntput(struct vfsmount *mnt)
{
if (mnt) {
struct mount *m = real_mount(mnt);
- /* avoid cacheline pingpong, hope gcc doesn't get "smart" */
+ /* avoid cacheline pingpong */
if (unlikely(m->mnt_expiry_mark))
- m->mnt_expiry_mark = 0;
+ WRITE_ONCE(m->mnt_expiry_mark, 0);
mntput_no_expire(m);
}
}
--
2.39.2
