linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] sched: correctly place paranioa memory barriers in synchronize_sched

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Message-Id: <1273164772-19149-6-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>
Date:	Thu,  6 May 2010 18:52:52 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	mingo@...e.hu, peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] sched: correctly place paranioa memory barriers in synchronize_sched_expedited()

From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

The memory barriers must be in the SMP case, not in the !SMP case.
Also add a barrier after the atomic_inc() in order to ensure that
other CPUs see post-synchronize_sched_expedited() actions as following
the expedited grace period.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched.c |   21 +++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index e9c6d79..155a16d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8932,6 +8932,15 @@ struct cgroup_subsys cpuacct_subsys = {
 
 void synchronize_sched_expedited(void)
 {
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_sched_expedited);
+
+#else /* #ifndef CONFIG_SMP */
+
+static atomic_t synchronize_sched_expedited_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+static int synchronize_sched_expedited_cpu_stop(void *data)
+{
 	/*
 	 * There must be a full memory barrier on each affected CPU
 	 * between the time that try_stop_cpus() is called and the
@@ -8943,16 +8952,7 @@ void synchronize_sched_expedited(void)
 	 * necessary.  Do smp_mb() anyway for documentation and
 	 * robustness against future implementation changes.
 	 */
-	smp_mb();
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_sched_expedited);
-
-#else /* #ifndef CONFIG_SMP */
-
-static atomic_t synchronize_sched_expedited_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
-
-static int synchronize_sched_expedited_cpu_stop(void *data)
-{
+	smp_mb(); /* See above comment block. */
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -8990,6 +8990,7 @@ void synchronize_sched_expedited(void)
 		get_online_cpus();
 	}
 	atomic_inc(&synchronize_sched_expedited_count);
+	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc(); /* ensure post-GP actions seen after GP. */
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_sched_expedited);
-- 
1.6.4.2

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