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The compiler should be forbidden from any strange optimization for async
writes to user visible data-structures. Without proper protection, the
compiler can cause write-tearing or invent writes that would confuse the
userspace.
However, there are writes to sq_flags which are not protected by
WRITE_ONCE(). Use WRITE_ONCE() for these writes.
This is purely a theoretical issue. Presumably, any compiler is very
unlikely to do such optimizations.
Fixes: 75b28affdd6a ("io_uring: allocate the two rings together")
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210808001342.964634-3-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Linux kernel
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