3.2.76-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 1f13d75ccb806260079e0679d55d9253e370ec8a upstream. A compiler may load a switch statement value multiple times, which could be bad when the value is in memory shared with the frontend. When converting a non-native request to a native one, ensure that src->operation is only loaded once by using READ_ONCE(). This is part of XSA155. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: - s/READ_ONCE/ACCESS_ONCE/ - Adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h @@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ static inline void blkif_get_x86_32_req( struct blkif_x86_32_request *src) { int i, n = BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST; - dst->operation = src->operation; + dst->operation = ACCESS_ONCE(src->operation); dst->nr_segments = src->nr_segments; dst->handle = src->handle; dst->id = src->id; - switch (src->operation) { + switch (dst->operation) { case BLKIF_OP_READ: case BLKIF_OP_WRITE: case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER: @@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ static inline void blkif_get_x86_64_req( struct blkif_x86_64_request *src) { int i, n = BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST; - dst->operation = src->operation; + dst->operation = ACCESS_ONCE(src->operation); dst->nr_segments = src->nr_segments; dst->handle = src->handle; dst->id = src->id; - switch (src->operation) { + switch (dst->operation) { case BLKIF_OP_READ: case BLKIF_OP_WRITE: case BLKIF_OP_WRITE_BARRIER: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html