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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 15:59:55 +0000 From: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com> Subject: [PATCH 3.11 154/208] mm: numa: guarantee that tlb_flush_pending updates are visible before page table updates 3.11.10.3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de> commit af2c1401e6f9177483be4fad876d0073669df9df upstream. According to documentation on barriers, stores issued before a LOCK can complete after the lock implying that it's possible tlb_flush_pending can be visible after a page table update. As per revised documentation, this patch adds a smp_mb__before_spinlock to guarantee the correct ordering. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com> --- include/linux/mm_types.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index ef9dc52..e8d77fb 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -477,7 +477,12 @@ static inline bool mm_tlb_flush_pending(struct mm_struct *mm) static inline void set_tlb_flush_pending(struct mm_struct *mm) { mm->tlb_flush_pending = true; - barrier(); + + /* + * Guarantee that the tlb_flush_pending store does not leak into the + * critical section updating the page tables + */ + smp_mb__before_spinlock(); } /* Clearing is done after a TLB flush, which also provides a barrier. */ static inline void clear_tlb_flush_pending(struct mm_struct *mm) -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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