[PATCH -V10 10/15] powerpc: Prevent gcc to re-read the pagetables
David Laight
David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Thu Jun 6 01:41:45 EST 2013
> ptep = pte_offset_kernel(&pmd, addr);
> do {
> - pte_t pte = *ptep;
> + pte_t pte = ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep);
Why not just define ptep as a 'pointer to volatile'?
David
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