linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 45/88] rcu: Add memory barriers for NOCB leader wakeup

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 14:59:18 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com, bobby.prani@...il.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 45/88] rcu: Add memory barriers for NOCB leader wakeup

Wait/wakeup operations do not guarantee ordering on their own.  Instead,
either locking or memory barriers are required.  This commit therefore
adds memory barriers to wake_nocb_leader() and nocb_leader_wait().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 0b1042545116..573fbe9640a0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1810,6 +1810,7 @@ static void wake_nocb_leader(struct rcu_data *rdp, bool force)
 	if (READ_ONCE(rdp_leader->nocb_leader_sleep) || force) {
 		/* Prior smp_mb__after_atomic() orders against prior enqueue. */
 		WRITE_ONCE(rdp_leader->nocb_leader_sleep, false);
+		smp_mb(); /* ->nocb_leader_sleep before swake_up(). */
 		swake_up(&rdp_leader->nocb_wq);
 	}
 }
@@ -2064,6 +2065,7 @@ static void nocb_leader_wait(struct rcu_data *my_rdp)
 	 * nocb_gp_head, where they await a grace period.
 	 */
 	gotcbs = false;
+	smp_mb(); /* wakeup before ->nocb_head reads. */
 	for (rdp = my_rdp; rdp; rdp = rdp->nocb_next_follower) {
 		rdp->nocb_gp_head = READ_ONCE(rdp->nocb_head);
 		if (!rdp->nocb_gp_head)
-- 
2.5.2