From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: proc: don't use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE for /proc/*/fail-nth READ_ONCE and WRITE_ONCE are useless when there is only one read/write is being made. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171120204033.GA9446@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-dont-use-read_once-write_once-for-proc-fail-nth fs/proc/base.c --- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-dont-use-read_once-write_once-for-proc-fail-nth +++ a/fs/proc/base.c @@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_fail_nth_write(struc task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file)); if (!task) return -ESRCH; - WRITE_ONCE(task->fail_nth, n); + task->fail_nth = n; put_task_struct(task); return count; @@ -1386,8 +1386,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_fail_nth_read(struct task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file)); if (!task) return -ESRCH; - len = snprintf(numbuf, sizeof(numbuf), "%u\n", - READ_ONCE(task->fail_nth)); + len = snprintf(numbuf, sizeof(numbuf), "%u\n", task->fail_nth); len = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, numbuf, len); put_task_struct(task); _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html