On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:44:46AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> > struct foo *x = READ_ONCE(*ptr); >> > smp_read_barrier_depends(); >> > x->bar = 5; >> >> This case is complete BS. Stop perpetuating it. I already removed a >> number of bogus cases of it, and I removed the incorrect documentation >> that had this crap. > > If I understand your objection correctly, you want the above pattern > expressed either like this: > > struct foo *x = rcu_dereference(*ptr); > x->bar = 5; > > Or like this: > > struct foo *x = lockless_dereference(*ptr); > x->bar = 5; > > Or am I missing your point? You are entirely missing the point. You might as well just write it as struct foo x = READ_ONCE(*ptr); x->bar = 5; because that "smp_read_barrier_depends()" does NOTHING wrt the second write. So what I am saying is simple: anybody who writes that "smp_read_barrier_depends()" in there is just ttoally and completely WRONG, and the fact that Peter wrote it out after I removed several instances of that bloody f*cking idiocy is disturbing. Don't do it. It's BS. It's wrong. Don't make excuses for it. Linus _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization