[PATCH v3 1/3] arm64: Fix non-atomic __READ_ONCE() with CONFIG_LTO=y

From: Marco Elver

Date: Fri Jan 30 2026 - 08:31:30 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 78beceec10cd..fc0fb42b0b64 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 */
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