Re: [PATCH v2] mm: expand documentation over __read_mostly

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu May 07 2020 - 13:52:29 EST


On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 04:14:24PM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> __read_mostly can easily be misused by folks, its not meant for
> just read-only data. There are performance reasons for using it, but
> we also don't provide any guidance about its use. Provide a bit more
> guidance over its use.
>
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook