linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 113/136] i40evf: Use smp_rmb rather than read_barrier

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Message-ID: <lsq.1518323471.363139638@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 11 Feb 2018 04:31:11 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Jeff Kirsher" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "Jesse Brandeburg" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        "Brian King" <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Andrew Bowers" <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 113/136] i40evf: Use smp_rmb rather than
 read_barrier_depends

3.16.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit f72271e2a0ae4277d53c4053f5eed8bb346ba38a upstream.

The original issue being fixed in this patch was seen with the ixgbe
driver, but the same issue exists with i40evf as well, as the code is
very similar. read_barrier_depends is not sufficient to ensure
loads following it are not speculatively loaded out of order
by the CPU, which can result in stale data being loaded, causing
potential system crashes.

Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40
 			break;
 
 		/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
-		read_barrier_depends();
+		smp_rmb();
 
 		/* we have caught up to head, no work left to do */
 		if (tx_head == tx_desc)