ACCESS_ONCE does not work reliably on non-scalar types. For example gcc 4.6 and 4.7 might remove the volatile tag for such accesses during the SRA (scalar replacement of aggregates) step https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145) Change the gup code to replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/mm/gup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c index 06ce17c..8aa50e3 100644 --- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c +++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ retry: return pte; #else - return ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep); + return READ_ONCE(*ptep); #endif } -- 1.9.3