Re: [PATCH 1/3] tools/virtio: fix READ_ONCE()

[Jason Wang]

On 2016å11æ24æ 18:25, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The virtio tools implementation of READ_ONCE() has a single parameter called
> 'var', but erroneously refers to 'val' for its cast, and thus won't work unless
> there's a variable of the correct type that happens to be called 'var'.
>
> Fix this with s/var/val/, making READ_ONCE() work as expected regardless.
>
> Fixes: a7c490333df3cff5 ("tools/virtio: use virt_xxx barriers")
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>   tools/virtio/linux/compiler.h | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/compiler.h b/tools/virtio/linux/compiler.h
> index 845960e..c9ccfd4 100644
> --- a/tools/virtio/linux/compiler.h
> +++ b/tools/virtio/linux/compiler.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
>   #define WRITE_ONCE(var, val) \
>   	(*((volatile typeof(val) *)(&(var))) = (val))
>   
> -#define READ_ONCE(var) (*((volatile typeof(val) *)(&(var))))
> +#define READ_ONCE(var) (*((volatile typeof(var) *)(&(var))))
>   
>   #endif

Reviewed-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>