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authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>2017-10-24 00:07:17 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-10-25 12:00:59 +0300
commit14cd5d4a0125f643350e7fa12f5384f1fc2d3e9d (patch)
tree32a4e24f0a0b2ed2aaa5a50be2d25a1e56f21726 /include/linux/genetlink.h
parent24fbd6e04e4e4793ec9dd9c2e007b0b38d2ec3ab (diff)
downloadlinux-14cd5d4a0125f643350e7fa12f5384f1fc2d3e9d.tar.xz
locking/atomics, net/netlink/netfilter: Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE()
For several reasons, it is desirable to use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() in preference to ACCESS_ONCE(), and new code is expected to use one of the former. So far, there's been no reason to change most existing uses of ACCESS_ONCE(), as these aren't currently harmful. However, for some features it is necessary to instrument reads and writes separately, which is not possible with ACCESS_ONCE(). This distinction is critical to correct operation. It's possible to transform the bulk of kernel code using the Coccinelle script below. However, this doesn't handle comments, leaving references to ACCESS_ONCE() instances which have been removed. As a preparatory step, this patch converts netlink and netfilter code and comments to use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() consistently. ---- virtual patch @ depends on patch @ expression E1, E2; @@ - ACCESS_ONCE(E1) = E2 + WRITE_ONCE(E1, E2) @ depends on patch @ expression E; @@ - ACCESS_ONCE(E) + READ_ONCE(E) ---- Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au Cc: shuah@kernel.org Cc: snitzer@redhat.com Cc: thor.thayer@linux.intel.com Cc: tj@kernel.org Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Cc: will.deacon@arm.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1508792849-3115-7-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/genetlink.h')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/genetlink.h b/include/linux/genetlink.h
index a4c61cbce777..0e694cf62414 100644
--- a/include/linux/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/genetlink.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern wait_queue_head_t genl_sk_destructing_waitq;
* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
*
* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
- * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE(), because
+ * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(), because
* caller holds genl mutex.
*/
#define genl_dereference(p) \