linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH] mips: Fix arch_spin

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Date:	Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:31:23 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, ddaney@...iumnetworks.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, boqun.feng@...il.com
Subject: [RFC][PATCH] mips: Fix arch_spin_unlock()

Hi

I think the MIPS arch_spin_unlock() is borken.

spin_unlock() must have RELEASE semantics, these require that no LOADs
nor STOREs leak out from the critical section.

>From what I know MIPS has a relaxed memory model which allows reads to
pass stores, and as implemented arch_spin_unlock() only issues a wmb
which doesn't order prior reads vs later stores.

Therefore upgrade the wmb() to smp_mb().

(Also, why the unconditional wmb, as opposed to smp_wmb() ?)

Maybe-Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 40196bebe849..b2ca13f06152 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 static inline void arch_spin_unlock(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	unsigned int serving_now = lock->h.serving_now + 1;
-	wmb();
+	smp_mb();
 	lock->h.serving_now = (u16)serving_now;
 	nudge_writes();
 }
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