linux-kernel - [tip:locking/core] futex: Replace barrier() in unqueue_me() with READ

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Date:	Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:09:39 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Jianyu Zhan <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nasa4836@...il.com,
	borntraeger@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:locking/core] futex: Replace barrier() in unqueue_me() with
 READ_ONCE()

Commit-ID:  29b75eb2d56a714190a93d7be4525e617591077a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/29b75eb2d56a714190a93d7be4525e617591077a
Author:     Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 09:32:24 +0800
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:04:02 +0100

futex: Replace barrier() in unqueue_me() with READ_ONCE()

Commit e91467ecd1ef ("bug in futex unqueue_me") introduced a barrier() in
unqueue_me() to prevent the compiler from rereading the lock pointer which
might change after a check for NULL.

Replace the barrier() with a READ_ONCE() for the following reasons:

1) READ_ONCE() is a weaker form of barrier() that affects only the specific
   load operation, while barrier() is a general compiler level memory barrier.
   READ_ONCE() was not available at the time when the barrier was added.

2) Aside of that READ_ONCE() is descriptive and self explainatory while a
   barrier without comment is not clear to the casual reader.

No functional change.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.com>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: dave@...olabs.net
Cc: peterz@...radead.org
Cc: linux@...musvillemoes.dk
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: fengguang.wu@...el.com
Cc: bigeasy@...utronix.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457314344-5685-1-git-send-email-nasa4836@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/futex.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index bae542e..a5d2e74 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2010,8 +2010,12 @@ static int unqueue_me(struct futex_q *q)
 
 	/* In the common case we don't take the spinlock, which is nice. */
 retry:
-	lock_ptr = q->lock_ptr;
-	barrier();
+	/*
+	 * q->lock_ptr can change between this read and the following spin_lock.
+	 * Use READ_ONCE to forbid the compiler from reloading q->lock_ptr and
+	 * optimizing lock_ptr out of the logic below.
+	 */
+	lock_ptr = READ_ONCE(q->lock_ptr);
 	if (lock_ptr != NULL) {
 		spin_lock(lock_ptr);
 		/*