FAILED: Patch "arm64: Fix non-atomic __READ_ONCE() with CONFIG_LTO=y" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

Sasha Levin sashal at kernel.org
Sat Feb 28 17:36:02 PST 2026


The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable at vger.kernel.org>.

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From bb0c99e08ab9aa6d04b40cb63c72db9950d51749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Elver <elver at google.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:28:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: Fix non-atomic __READ_ONCE() with CONFIG_LTO=y

The implementation of __READ_ONCE() under CONFIG_LTO=y incorrectly
qualified the fallback "once" access for types larger than 8 bytes,
which are not atomic but should still happen "once" and suppress common
compiler optimizations.

The cast `volatile typeof(__x)` applied the volatile qualifier to the
pointer type itself rather than the pointee. This created a volatile
pointer to a non-volatile type, which violated __READ_ONCE() semantics.

Fix this by casting to `volatile typeof(*__x) *`.

With a defconfig + LTO + debug options build, we see the following
functions to be affected:

	xen_manage_runstate_time (884 -> 944 bytes)
	xen_steal_clock (248 -> 340 bytes)
	  ^-- use __READ_ONCE() to load vcpu_runstate_info structs

Fixes: e35123d83ee3 ("arm64: lto: Strengthen READ_ONCE() to acquire when CONFIG_LTO=y")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver at google.com>
Tested-by: David Laight <david.laight.linux at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h
index 78beceec10cda..fc0fb42b0b641 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/rwonce.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 	default:							\
 		atomic = 0;						\
 	}								\
-	atomic ? (typeof(*__x))__u.__val : (*(volatile typeof(__x))__x);\
+	atomic ? (typeof(*__x))__u.__val : (*(volatile typeof(*__x) *)__x);\
 })
 
 #endif	/* !BUILD_VDSO */
-- 
2.51.0







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