From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" As cpu_buffer->tail_page may be modified by interrupts at almost any time, the flow of logic is very important. Do not let gcc get smart with re-reading cpu_buffer->tail_page by adding READ_ONCE() around most of its accesses. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 9c6045a27ba3..ab102e6259bc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ static int rb_tail_page_update(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, * it is, then it is up to us to update the tail * pointer. */ - if (tail_page == cpu_buffer->tail_page) { + if (tail_page == READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page)) { /* Zero the write counter */ unsigned long val = old_write & ~RB_WRITE_MASK; unsigned long eval = old_entries & ~RB_WRITE_MASK; @@ -2036,12 +2036,15 @@ rb_handle_head_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, * the tail page would have moved. */ if (ret == RB_PAGE_NORMAL) { + struct buffer_page *buffer_tail_page; + + buffer_tail_page = READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page); /* * If the tail had moved passed next, then we need * to reset the pointer. */ - if (cpu_buffer->tail_page != tail_page && - cpu_buffer->tail_page != next_page) + if (buffer_tail_page != tail_page && + buffer_tail_page != next_page) rb_head_page_set_normal(cpu_buffer, new_head, next_page, RB_PAGE_HEAD); @@ -2362,7 +2365,7 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, addr = (unsigned long)event; addr &= PAGE_MASK; - bpage = cpu_buffer->tail_page; + bpage = READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page); if (bpage->page == (void *)addr && rb_page_write(bpage) == old_index) { unsigned long write_mask = @@ -2410,7 +2413,7 @@ rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) again: max_count = cpu_buffer->nr_pages * 100; - while (cpu_buffer->commit_page != cpu_buffer->tail_page) { + while (cpu_buffer->commit_page != READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page)) { if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, !(--max_count))) return; if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, @@ -2443,7 +2446,7 @@ rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) * and pushed the tail page forward, we will be left with * a dangling commit that will never go forward. */ - if (unlikely(cpu_buffer->commit_page != cpu_buffer->tail_page)) + if (unlikely(cpu_buffer->commit_page != READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page))) goto again; } @@ -2699,7 +2702,8 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, if (unlikely(info->add_timestamp)) info->length += RB_LEN_TIME_EXTEND; - tail_page = info->tail_page = cpu_buffer->tail_page; + /* Don't let the compiler play games with cpu_buffer->tail_page */ + tail_page = info->tail_page = READ_ONCE(cpu_buffer->tail_page); write = local_add_return(info->length, &tail_page->write); /* set write to only the index of the write */ -- 2.6.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/