[PATCH V2 6/8] powerpc: thp: use ACCESS_ONCE when loading pmdp

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Aug 13 17:02:02 EST 2014


We would get wrong results in compiler recomputed old_pmd. Avoid
that by using ACCESS_ONCE

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
index 1fb609dcc49b..5f5e6328c21c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ int __hash_page_thp(unsigned long ea, unsigned long access, unsigned long vsid,
 	 * atomically mark the linux large page PMD busy and dirty
 	 */
 	do {
-		old_pmd = pmd_val(*pmdp);
+		pmd_t pmd = ACCESS_ONCE(*pmdp);
+
+		old_pmd = pmd_val(pmd);
 		/* If PMD busy, retry the access */
 		if (unlikely(old_pmd & _PAGE_BUSY))
 			return 0;
-- 
1.9.1



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