linux-kernel - barrier question

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Date:	Sat, 5 Feb 2011 17:10:50 +0100
From:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: barrier question


Looking for a bug in the cfi_cmd0001.c flash driver and I wonder
if the following is enough for chip->state to be reloaded every time it
accessed or if some barrier is needed:


	int chip_state = chip->state; /* save state before dropping lock */


	mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
	if (inval_len)
		INVALIDATE_CACHED_RANGE(map, inval_adr, inval_len);
	mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);


	for (;;) {
		while (chip->state != chip_state) {
			/* Someone's suspended the operation: sleep */
			DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
			set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
			add_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
			mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);
			schedule();
			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
			mutex_lock(&chip->mutex);
		}
...
	}

 Jocke

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