Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/8] x86/xen/p2m: Replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE

From: Christian Borntraeger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:07:11 +0100

Am 15.01.2015 um 11:43 schrieb David Vrabel:
> On 15/01/15 08:58, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>> ACCESS_ONCE does not work reliably on non-scalar types. For
>> example gcc 4.6 and 4.7 might remove the volatile tag for such
>> accesses during the SRA (scalar replacement of aggregates) step
>> (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145)
>>
>> Change the p2m code to replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE.
> 
> Acked-by: David Vrabel <[email-masked]>

Thanks

> Let me know if you want me to merge this via the Xen tree.

With your Acked-by, I can easily carry this in my tree. We can 
then ensure that this patch is merged before the ACCESS_ONCE is
made stricter - making bisecting easier.

Christian