linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] blktrace: re-write setting q->blk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:37:41 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] blktrace: re-write setting q->blk_trace

Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net> writes:

> This is really about simplifying the double xchg patterns into
> a single cmpxchg, with the same logic. Other than the immediate
> cleanup, there are some subtleties this change deals with:
>
> (i) While the load of the old bt is fully ordered wrt everything,
> ie:
>
>       old_bt = xchg(&q->blk_trace, bt);             [barrier]
>       if (old_bt)
> 	     (void) xchg(&q->blk_trace, old_bt);    [barrier]
>
> blk_trace could still be changed between the xchg and the old_bt
> load. Note that this description is merely theoretical and afaict
> very small, but doing everything in a single context with cmpxchg
> closes this potential race.
>
> (ii) Ordering guarantees are obviously kept with cmpxchg.

Hi David,

The patch itself looks ok, but it doesn't seem to apply to a recent
kernel tree.  It appears as though it is white-space damaged.  Would you
mind re-sending it?

Thanks!
Jeff
--
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/