On 6 September 2026 14:20:59 BST, Bradley Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: >On 6 September 2026 14:09:53 BST, Mathieu Desnoyers ><[email protected]> wrote: >>On 2026-09-05 16:40, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 06:28:45PM +0100, Bradley Morgan wrote: >>[...] >>> I would not say "no" to a fix for this issue: >>> >>> >>https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ >> >>I'm not sure this URL actually points to a relevant issue ? >> > >No, that URL is my signature, just in case people > >1: add my old email to R-Bs, or SOBs. > >2: makes people aware this is me. > >>> >>> Once that is in place, I would be happy to put this back into -next. >>> >>> At some point, we will need to get rid of the concept of wildcard >hazard >>> pointers, as those end up instead emulating RCU, but I don't see that >>> as an immediate obstacle. >> >>I already have the implementation which eliminates the wildcard if we >>care about this. It was part of a previous hazptr series version. >> >>Do you want me to resurrect it on top of the current series ? >>This depends on: >> >>- ptr_eq(), >>- then use ptr_eq() to compare the loaded pointer (pre mb) >> with the re-loaded pointer (post-mb). >>
Sure, I can help write it if you want >>See: >https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ >> >>Thanks, >> >>Mathieu >> >> > >--- Thanks! >https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ --- Thanks! https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
