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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:00:46 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 2/2] printk: hash addresses printed with %p
On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:41:02 +1100
"Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc> wrote:
> Cool. So I think we need
>
> get_random_bytes(&ptr_key, sizeof(ptr_key));
You'll need to add a comment here to describe what ordering the memory
barrier is used against. That is, somewhere else there's something that
needs to see the "true" after the "get_random_bytes" update. Describe
it here.
-- Steve
> smp_mb();
> WRITE_ONCE(have_filled_random_ptr_key, true);
>
> V10 to include this unless I have it wrong.
>
> thanks,
> Tobin.
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