Hi Stefan, On 10/13/2017 02:48 AM, Stefan Weil wrote: > diff --git a/util/oslib-posix.c b/util/oslib-posix.c > index 80086c549f..beef148c96 100644 > --- a/util/oslib-posix.c > +++ b/util/oslib-posix.c > @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ > > struct MemsetThread { > char *addr; > - uint64_t numpages; > - uint64_t hpagesize; > + size_t numpages; > + size_t hpagesize; > QemuThread pgthread; > sigjmp_buf env; > }; > @@ -301,11 +301,7 @@ static void sigbus_handler(int signal) > static void *do_touch_pages(void *arg) > { > MemsetThread *memset_args = (MemsetThread *)arg; > - char *addr = memset_args->addr; > - uint64_t numpages = memset_args->numpages; > - uint64_t hpagesize = memset_args->hpagesize; > sigset_t set, oldset; > - int i = 0; > > /* unblock SIGBUS */ > sigemptyset(&set); > @@ -315,6 +311,10 @@ static void *do_touch_pages(void *arg) > if (sigsetjmp(memset_args->env, 1)) { > memset_thread_failed = true; > } else { > + volatile char *addr = memset_args->addr; > + size_t numpages = memset_args->numpages; > + size_t hpagesize = memset_args->hpagesize; > + size_t i; > for (i = 0; i < numpages; i++) { > /* > * Read & write back the same value, so we don't > @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void *do_touch_pages(void *arg) > * don't need to write at all so we don't cause > * wear on the storage backing the region... > */ > - *(volatile char *)addr = *addr; > + *addr = *addr;
I personally prefer the other form which is mostly self-explicit when reviewing this code. Declaring addr non volatile and using volatile cast here: Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4...@amsat.org> > addr += hpagesize; > } > } > @@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ static inline int get_memset_num_threads(int smp_cpus) > static bool touch_all_pages(char *area, size_t hpagesize, size_t numpages, > int smp_cpus) > { > - uint64_t numpages_per_thread, size_per_thread; > + size_t numpages_per_thread; > + size_t size_per_thread; > char *addr = area; > int i = 0; > >