Thread (44 messages) 44 messages, 5 authors, 2016-06-20

Re: [RFC PATCH-tip v2 1/6] locking/osq: Make lock/unlock proper acquire/release barrier

From: Boqun Feng <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 08:01:27
Also in: linux-arch, linux-s390, lkml

Hi Waiman,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 06:48:04PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
The osq_lock() and osq_unlock() function may not provide the necessary
acquire and release barrier in some cases. This patch makes sure
that the proper barriers are provided when osq_lock() is successful
or when osq_unlock() is called.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <redacted>
---
 kernel/locking/osq_lock.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
index 05a3785..7dd4ee5 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
 	 * cmpxchg in an attempt to undo our queueing.
 	 */
 
-	while (!READ_ONCE(node->locked)) {
+	while (!smp_load_acquire(&node->locked)) {
 		/*
 		 * If we need to reschedule bail... so we can block.
 		 */
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void osq_unlock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
 	 * Second most likely case.
 	 */
 	node = this_cpu_ptr(&osq_node);
-	next = xchg(&node->next, NULL);
+	next = xchg_release(&node->next, NULL);
 	if (next) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(next->locked, 1);
So we still use WRITE_ONCE() rather than smp_store_release() here?

Though, IIUC, This is fine for all the archs but ARM64, because there
will always be a xchg_release()/xchg() before the WRITE_ONCE(), which
carries a necessary barrier to upgrade WRITE_ONCE() to a RELEASE.

Not sure whether it's a problem on ARM64, but I think we certainly need
to add some comments here, if we count on this trick.

Am I missing something or misunderstanding you here?

Regards,
Boqun
 		return;
-- 
1.7.1

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