On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:41:02 +1100 "Tobin C. Harding" <[email protected]> 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.

