linux-kernel - [PATCH] rwsem: fix missed wakeup due to reordering of load

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Date:   Thu,  7 Sep 2017 20:00:58 +0530
From:   Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org, longman@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        parri.andrea@...il.com, dave@...olabs.net
Cc:     Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sramana@...eaurora.org
Subject: [PATCH] rwsem: fix missed wakeup due to reordering of load

If a spinner is present, there is a chance that the load of
rwsem_has_spinner() in rwsem_wake() can be reordered with
respect to decrement of rwsem count in __up_write() leading
to wakeup being missed.

 spinning writer                  up_write caller
 ---------------                  -----------------------
 [S] osq_unlock()                 [L] osq
  spin_lock(wait_lock)
  sem->count=0xFFFFFFFF00000001
            +0xFFFFFFFF00000000
  count=sem->count
  MB
                                   sem->count=0xFFFFFFFE00000001
                                             -0xFFFFFFFF00000001
                                   spin_trylock(wait_lock)
                                   return
 rwsem_try_write_lock(count)
 spin_unlock(wait_lock)
 schedule()

Reordering of atomic_long_sub_return_release() in __up_write()
and rwsem_has_spinner() in rwsem_wake() can cause missing of
wakeup in up_write() context. In spinning writer, sem->count
and local variable count is 0XFFFFFFFE00000001. It would result
in rwsem_try_write_lock() failing to acquire rwsem and spinning
writer going to sleep in rwsem_down_write_failed().

The smp_rmb() will make sure that the spinner state is
consulted after sem->count is updated in up_write context.

Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
---
 kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
index 02f6606..1fefe6d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c
@@ -613,6 +613,33 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
 	DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 
 	/*
+	* __rwsem_down_write_failed_common(sem)
+	*   rwsem_optimistic_spin(sem)
+	*     osq_unlock(sem->osq)
+	*   ...
+	*   atomic_long_add_return(&sem->count)
+	*
+	*      - VS -
+	*
+	*              __up_write()
+	*                if (atomic_long_sub_return_release(&sem->count) < 0)
+	*                  rwsem_wake(sem)
+	*                    osq_is_locked(&sem->osq)
+	*
+	* And __up_write() must observe !osq_is_locked() when it observes the
+	* atomic_long_add_return() in order to not miss a wakeup.
+	*
+	* This boils down to:
+	*
+	* [S.rel] X = 1                [RmW] r0 = (Y += 0)
+	*         MB                         RMB
+	* [RmW]   Y += 1               [L]   r1 = X
+	*
+	* exists (r0=1 /\ r1=0)
+	*/
+	smp_rmb();
+
+	/*
 	 * If a spinner is present, it is not necessary to do the wakeup.
 	 * Try to do wakeup only if the trylock succeeds to minimize
 	 * spinlock contention which may introduce too much delay in the
-- 
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