@@ -2806,6 +2806,9 @@ static int prepend(char **buffer, int *buflen, const char *str, int namelen)
* the beginning of the name. The sequence number check at the caller will
* retry it again when a d_move() does happen. So any garbage in the buffer
* due to mismatched pointer and length will be discarded.
+ *
+ * Data dependency barrier is needed to make sure that we see that terminating
+ * NUL. Alpha strikes again, film at 11...
*/
static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, struct qstr *name)
{
@@ -2813,6 +2816,8 @@ static int prepend_name(char **buffer, int *buflen, struct qstr *name)
u32 dlen = ACCESS_ONCE(name->len);
char *p;
+ smp_read_barrier_depends();
+
*buflen -= dlen + 1;
if (*buflen < 0)
return -ENAMETOOLONG;