dname[name->len] = 0;
/* Make sure we always see the terminating NUL character */
- smp_wmb();
- dentry->d_name.name = dname;
+ smp_store_release(&dentry->d_name.name, dname); /* ^^^ */
dentry->d_lockref.count = 1;
dentry->d_flags = 0;
* retry it again when a d_move() does happen. So any garbage in the buffer
* due to mismatched pointer and length will be discarded.
*
- * Data dependency barrier is needed to make sure that we see that terminating
- * NUL. Alpha strikes again, film at 11...
+ * Load acquire is needed to make sure that we see that terminating NUL.
*/
static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, const struct qstr *name)
{
- const char *dname = READ_ONCE(name->name);
+ const char *dname = smp_load_acquire(&name->name); /* ^^^ */
u32 dlen = READ_ONCE(name->len);
char *p;
- smp_read_barrier_depends();
-
*buflen -= dlen + 1;
if (*buflen < 0)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;