From b08ea27d95bcaee6d9cf4edd64f373006661424a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:39:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Protect rcu_boost() lockless accesses with ACCESS_ONCE() This commit prevents random compiler optimizations by applying ACCESS_ONCE() to lockless accesses. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 3ec85cb..d59913e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -1127,7 +1127,8 @@ static int rcu_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp) struct task_struct *t; struct list_head *tb; - if (rnp->exp_tasks == NULL && rnp->boost_tasks == NULL) + if (ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->exp_tasks) == NULL && + ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks) == NULL) return 0; /* Nothing left to boost. */ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags); -- 2.7.4