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locking/atomics, selftests/powerpc: Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE()

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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.

The bulk of the kernel code can be transformed via Coccinelle to use
{READ,WRITE}_ONCE(), though this only modifies users of ACCESS_ONCE(),
and not the implementation itself. As such, it has the potential to
break homebrew ACCESS_ONCE() macros seen in some user code in the kernel
tree (e.g. the virtio code, as fixed in commit ea9156fb3b).

To avoid fragility if/when that transformation occurs, and to align with
the preferred usage of {READ,WRITE}_ONCE(), this patch updates the DSCR
selftest code to use READ_ONCE() rather than ACCESS_ONCE(). There should
be no functional change as a result of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: linux-arch@vger.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/1508792849-3115-11-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Mark Rutland 2017-10-23 14:07:21 -07:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 94bbc9c1a0
commit 564cbc8793
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr.h
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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
#define rmb() asm volatile("lwsync":::"memory")
#define wmb() asm volatile("lwsync":::"memory")
#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
#define READ_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
/* Prilvilege state DSCR access */
inline unsigned long get_dscr(void)

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tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/dscr_default_test.c
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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void *do_test(void *in)
unsigned long d, cur_dscr, cur_dscr_usr;
unsigned long s1, s2;
s1 = ACCESS_ONCE(sequence);
s1 = READ_ONCE(sequence);
if (s1 & 1)
continue;
rmb();