Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] arm64: mm: Use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE when accessing page tables

From: Timur Tabi
Date: Thu Sep 28 2017 - 15:18:14 EST


On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> This patch consistently uses these macros in the arch
> code, as well as explicitly namespacing pointers to page table entries
> from the entries themselves by using adopting a 'p' suffix for the former
> (as is sometimes used elsewhere in the kernel source).

Would you consider splitting up this patch into two, where the second
patch makes all the cosmetic changes? That would make the "meatier"
patch easier to back-port and review.