Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Whine about ACCESS_ONCE

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Apr 16 2016 - 15:48:35 EST


On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 12:04 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Add a test for use of ACCESS_ONCE that could be written using
> READ_ONCE or WRITE_ONCE.
>
> --fix it too if desired.

And here's a simple coccinelle script that does a
rather better job:

$ cat access_once.cocci
@@
expression e1;
expression e2;
@@

- ACCESS_ONCE(e1) = e2
+ WRITE_ONCE(e1, e2)

@@
expression e1;
@@

- ACCESS_ONCE(e1)
+ READ_ONCE(e1)