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Message-ID: <20151102022800.GM4122@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 1 Nov 2015 18:28:00 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH powerpc/next 2/2] powerpc: Make {cmp}xchg* and their
 atomic_ versions fully ordered

On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 09:30:32AM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> According to memory-barriers.txt, xchg*, cmpxchg* and their atomic_
> versions all need to be fully ordered, however they are now just
> RELEASE+ACQUIRE, which are not fully ordered.
> 
> So also replace PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER and PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER with
> PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER and PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER in
> __{cmp,}xchg_{u32,u64} respectively to guarantee fully ordered semantics
> of atomic{,64}_{cmp,}xchg() and {cmp,}xchg(), as a complement of commit
> b97021f85517 ("powerpc: Fix atomic_xxx_return barrier semantics")
> 
> This patch depends on patch "powerpc: Make value-returning atomics fully
> ordered" for PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER definition.
> 
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.4+
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index ad6263c..d1a8d93 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ __xchg_u32(volatile void *p, unsigned long val)
>  	unsigned long prev;
> 
>  	__asm__ __volatile__(
> -	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
>  "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%2 \n"
>  	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
>  "	stwcx.	%3,0,%2 \n\
>  	bne-	1b"
> -	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
>  	: "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*(volatile unsigned int *)p)
>  	: "r" (p), "r" (val)
>  	: "cc", "memory");
> @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ __xchg_u64(volatile void *p, unsigned long val)
>  	unsigned long prev;
> 
>  	__asm__ __volatile__(
> -	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
>  "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%2 \n"
>  	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
>  "	stdcx.	%3,0,%2 \n\
>  	bne-	1b"
> -	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
>  	: "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*(volatile unsigned long *)p)
>  	: "r" (p), "r" (val)
>  	: "cc", "memory");
> @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ __cmpxchg_u32(volatile unsigned int *p, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
>  	unsigned int prev;
> 
>  	__asm__ __volatile__ (
> -	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
>  "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%2		# __cmpxchg_u32\n\
>  	cmpw	0,%0,%3\n\
>  	bne-	2f\n"
>  	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
>  "	stwcx.	%4,0,%2\n\
>  	bne-	1b"
> -	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
>  	"\n\
>  2:"
>  	: "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*p)
> @@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ __cmpxchg_u64(volatile unsigned long *p, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
>  	unsigned long prev;
> 
>  	__asm__ __volatile__ (
> -	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
>  "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%2		# __cmpxchg_u64\n\
>  	cmpd	0,%0,%3\n\
>  	bne-	2f\n\
>  	stdcx.	%4,0,%2\n\
>  	bne-	1b"
> -	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> +	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
>  	"\n\
>  2:"
>  	: "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*p)
> -- 
> 2.6.2
> 

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