From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753644AbaAUXgT (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:36:19 -0500 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:14512 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753373AbaAUXf5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:35:57 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.95,697,1384329600"; d="scan'208";a="470404225" Subject: [PATCH v9 1/6] MCS Lock: Barrier corrections From: Tim Chen To: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner , "Paul E.McKenney" , Will Deacon Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Waiman Long , Andrea Arcangeli , Alex Shi , Andi Kleen , Michel Lespinasse , Davidlohr Bueso , Matthew R Wilcox , Dave Hansen , Peter Zijlstra , Rik van Riel , Peter Hurley , Tim Chen , Raghavendra K T , George Spelvin , "H. Peter Anvin" , Arnd Bergmann , Aswin Chandramouleeswaran , Scott J Norton , "Figo.zhang" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:35:53 -0800 Message-ID: <1390347353.3138.62.camel@schen9-DESK> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 (2.32.3-1.fc14) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Waiman Long This patch corrects the way memory barriers are used in the MCS lock with smp_load_acquire and smp_store_release fucnctions. The previous barriers could leak critical sections if mcs lock is used by itself. It is not a problem when mcs lock is embedded in mutex but will be an issue when the mcs_lock is used elsewhere. The patch removes the incorrect barriers and put in correct barriers with the pair of functions smp_load_acquire and smp_store_release. Suggested-by: Michel Lespinasse Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Waiman Long Signed-off-by: Jason Low Signed-off-by: Tim Chen --- kernel/locking/mutex.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c index 4dd6e4c..fbbd2ed 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c @@ -136,9 +136,12 @@ void mspin_lock(struct mspin_node **lock, struct mspin_node *node) return; } ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node; - smp_wmb(); - /* Wait until the lock holder passes the lock down */ - while (!ACCESS_ONCE(node->locked)) + /* + * Wait until the lock holder passes the lock down. + * Using smp_load_acquire() provides a memory barrier that + * ensures subsequent operations happen after the lock is acquired. + */ + while (!(smp_load_acquire(&node->locked))) arch_mutex_cpu_relax(); } @@ -156,8 +159,13 @@ static void mspin_unlock(struct mspin_node **lock, struct mspin_node *node) while (!(next = ACCESS_ONCE(node->next))) arch_mutex_cpu_relax(); } - ACCESS_ONCE(next->locked) = 1; - smp_wmb(); + /* + * Pass lock to next waiter. + * smp_store_release() provides a memory barrier to ensure + * all operations in the critical section has been completed + * before unlocking. + */ + smp_store_release(&next->locked, 1); } /* -- 1.7.11.7