linux-kernel - Re: [v4] powerpc: spinlock: Fix spin_unlock

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:40:54 +1000 (AEST)
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	"Suresh E. Warrier" <warrier@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [v4] powerpc: spinlock: Fix spin_unlock_wait()

On Fri, 2016-10-06 at 03:51:28 UTC, Boqun Feng wrote:
> There is an ordering issue with spin_unlock_wait() on powerpc, because
> the spin_lock primitive is an ACQUIRE and an ACQUIRE is only ordering
> the load part of the operation with memory operations following it.
...
> 
> Suggested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> [mpe: Inline the "nop" ll/sc loop and set EH=0, munge change log]
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6262db7c088bbfc26480d10144

cheers