From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47616ECDE30 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1606521526 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:22 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 1606521526 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727508AbeJQX2d (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:28:33 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:49781 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727090AbeJQX2d (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:28:33 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1045D356D5; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from warthog.procyon.org.uk (ovpn-120-250.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.250]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A32E7842C; Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20181017151134.GA8966@andrea> References: <20181017151134.GA8966@andrea> <153978619457.8478.3813964117489247515.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <153978621809.8478.2198040871218302573.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> To: Andrea Parri Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, gregkh@linux-foundation.org, Kiran Kumar Modukuri , viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, sandeen@redhat.com, linux-cachefs@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] fscache: Fix race in fscache_op_complete() due to split atomic_sub & read MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <14407.1539790333.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:32:13 +0100 Message-ID: <14408.1539790333@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.30]); Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrea Parri wrote: > > Fix this by using atomic_sub_return() instead of two calls. > > Seems a case for atomic_sub_return_relaxed()... why not? Ummm... In that case, should it be atomic_sub_return_release()? David