Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@de.ibm.com> wrote:

> Looks really nice, but does not work with ACCESS_ONCE is on the left-hand 
> side:
> 
> 
> include/linux/rculist.h: In function 'hlist_add_before_rcu':
> ./arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h:127:18: error: lvalue required as left 
> operand of assignment
>   ACCESS_ONCE(*p) = (v);      \
> 
> Alexei's variant is also broken:
> 
> include/linux/cgroup.h: In function 'task_css':
> include/linux/compiler.h:381:40: error: invalid operands to binary + (have 
> 'struct css_set *' and 'struct css_set * volatile')
>  #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (((typeof(x))0) + *(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
> 
> Anyone with a new propopal? ;-)                                        ^

Reserve ACCESS_ONCE() for reading and add an ASSIGN_ONCE() or something like
that for writing?

David
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