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rcu: Flag lockless access to ->gp_flags with ACCESS_ONCE()

This commit applies ACCESS_ONCE() to an outside-of-lock access to
->gp_flags.  Although it is hard to imagine any sane compiler messing
this particular case up, the documentation benefits are substantial.
Plus the definition of "sane compiler" grows ever looser.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Paul E. McKenney 12 years ago
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      kernel/rcutree.c

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kernel/rcutree.c

@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_gp_kthread(void *arg)
 		/* Handle grace-period start. */
 		for (;;) {
 			wait_event_interruptible(rsp->gp_wq,
-						 rsp->gp_flags &
+						 ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_flags) &
 						 RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
 			if (rcu_gp_init(rsp))
 				break;