rcu: Make rcu_assign_pointer's assignment volatile and type-safe

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The rcu_assign_pointer() primitive needs to use ACCESS_ONCE to make
the assignment to the destination pointer volatile, to protect against
compilers too clever for their own good.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Josh Triplett 2013-09-01 16:42:52 -07:00 • committed by Paul E. McKenney

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