[PATCH] ARM: pcpu: ensure __my_cpu_offset cannot be re-ordered across barrier()

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jun 5 05:59:53 EDT 2013


On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 06:39:42PM +0100, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Will Deacon wrote:
> > I spoke to the tools guys and they'll look into why the original patch
> > didn't work, since that could have wider implications on our use of
> > barrier().
> 
> Good.  However, given the wide range of gcc versions exhibiting the same 
> behavior, I think your patch is the best way forward even if gcc were to 
> be broken and eventually fixed.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>

Thanks Nicolas.

> I'd suggest queuing it for stable as well.

Will do.

Will



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