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2016 Nov 25
0
[PATCH 0/3] virtio/vringh: kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
...ome mutual exclusion that
> prevents writes from occuring wherever a READ_ONCE() happens to a PTE?
See for example mm/memory.c handle_pte_fault.
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/*
* some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize,
* e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and
* CONFIG_32BIT=y, so READ_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE cannot guarantee
* atomic accesses. The code below just needs a consistent
* view for the ifs and we later double check anyway with the
* ptl lock held. So here a barrier will do...
2016 Nov 25
5
[PATCH 0/3] virtio/vringh: kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
On 11/25/2016 05:17 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 04:10:04PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 04:21:39PM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
>
>>> What are use cases for such primitive that won't be OK with "read once
>>> _and_ atomically"?
>>
>> I have none to hand.
>
> Whatever triggers the
2016 Nov 25
5
[PATCH 0/3] virtio/vringh: kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
On 11/25/2016 05:17 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 04:10:04PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 04:21:39PM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
>
>>> What are use cases for such primitive that won't be OK with "read once
>>> _and_ atomically"?
>>
>> I have none to hand.
>
> Whatever triggers the