linux-kernel - Re: [this_cpu_xx 01/11] Introduce this_cpu_ptr() and generic this_cpu

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:19:37 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	cl@...ux-foundation.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [this_cpu_xx 01/11] Introduce this_cpu_ptr() and generic this_cpu_*
 operations

Hello,

cl@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> +#ifndef this_cpu_write
> +# define this_cpu_write(pcp, val)	__this_cpu_write((pcp), (val))
> +#endif

Is this safe?  Write itself would always be atomic but this means that
a percpu variable may change its value while a thread is holding the
processor by disabling preemption.  ie,

0. v contains A for cpu0

1. task0 on cpu0 does this_cpu_write(v, B), looks up cpu but gets
   preemted out.

2. task1 gets scheduled on cpu1, disables preemption and does
   __this_cpu_read(v) and gets A and goes on with preemtion disabled.

3. task0 gets scheduled on cpu1 and executes the assignment.

4. task1 does __this_cpu_read(v) again and oops gets B this time.

Please note that this can also happen between addition or other
modifying ops and cause incorrect result.

Also, these macros depricate percpu_OP() macros, right?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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