Will Deacon
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READ_ONCE() permits 64-bit accesses on 32-bit architectures, since this crops up in a few places and is generally harmless because either the upper bits are always zero (e.g. for a virtual address or 32-bit time_t) or the architecture provides 64-bit atomicity anyway. Update the corresponding comment above compiletime_assert_rwonce_type(), which incorrectly states that 32-bit x86 provides 64-bit atomicity, and instead reference 32-bit Armv7 with LPAE. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.