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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2016 03:46:15 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, adobriyan@...il.com, hpa@...or.com,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:locking/core] locking/seqcount: Re-fix
 raw_read_seqcount_latch()

Commit-ID:  55eed755c6e30a89be3a791a6b0ad208aadd9bdc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/55eed755c6e30a89be3a791a6b0ad208aadd9bdc
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 27 May 2016 13:11:17 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 08:37:25 +0200

locking/seqcount: Re-fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()

Commit 50755bc1c305 ("seqlock: fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()") broke
raw_read_seqcount_latch().

If you look at the comment that was modified; the thing that changes is
the seq count, not the latch pointer.

 * void latch_modify(struct latch_struct *latch, ...)
 * {
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the last data[1] update is visible
 *	latch->seq++;
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the seqcount update is visible
 *
 *	modify(latch->data[0], ...);
 *
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the data[0] update is visible
 *	latch->seq++;
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the seqcount update is visible
 *
 *	modify(latch->data[1], ...);
 * }
 *
 * The query will have a form like:
 *
 * struct entry *latch_query(struct latch_struct *latch, ...)
 * {
 *	struct entry *entry;
 *	unsigned seq, idx;
 *
 *	do {
 *		seq = lockless_dereference(latch->seq);

So here we have:

		seq = READ_ONCE(latch->seq);
		smp_read_barrier_depends();

Which is exactly what we want; the new code:

		seq = ({ p = READ_ONCE(latch);
			 smp_read_barrier_depends(); p })->seq;

is just wrong; because it looses the volatile read on seq, which can now
be torn or worse 'optimized'. And the read_depend barrier is also placed
wrong, we want it after the load of seq, to match the above data[]
up-to-date wmb()s.

Such that when we dereference latch->data[] below, we're guaranteed to
observe the right data.

 *
 *		idx = seq & 0x01;
 *		entry = data_query(latch->data[idx], ...);
 *
 *		smp_rmb();
 *	} while (seq != latch->seq);
 *
 *	return entry;
 * }

So yes, not passing a pointer is not pretty, but the code was correct,
and isn't anymore now.

Change to explicit READ_ONCE()+smp_read_barrier_depends() to avoid
confusion and allow strict lockless_dereference() checking.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Fixes: 50755bc1c305 ("seqlock: fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160527111117.GL3192@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/seqlock.h | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 7973a82..ead9765 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ static inline void raw_write_seqcount_barrier(seqcount_t *s)
 
 static inline int raw_read_seqcount_latch(seqcount_t *s)
 {
-	return lockless_dereference(s)->sequence;
+	int seq = READ_ONCE(s->sequence);
+	/* Pairs with the first smp_wmb() in raw_write_seqcount_latch() */
+	smp_read_barrier_depends();
+	return seq;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ static inline int raw_read_seqcount_latch(seqcount_t *s)
  *	unsigned seq, idx;
  *
  *	do {
- *		seq = lockless_dereference(latch)->seq;
+ *		seq = raw_read_seqcount_latch(&latch->seq);
  *
  *		idx = seq & 0x01;
  *		entry = data_query(latch->data[idx], ...);