linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH 5/5] x86/atomic: Fix smp_mb__{before,after}

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Message-Id: <20190424124421.808471451@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 14:37:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, akiyks@...il.com,
        andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        dlustig@...dia.com, dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk,
        luc.maranget@...ia.fr, npiggin@...il.com, paulmck@...ux.ibm.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, will.deacon@....com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 5/5] x86/atomic: Fix smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic()

Recent probing at the Linux Kernel Memory Model uncovered a
'surprise'. Strongly ordered architectures where the atomic RmW
primitive implies full memory ordering and
smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic() are a simple barrier() (such as x86)
fail for:

	*x = 1;
	atomic_inc(u);
	smp_mb__after_atomic();
	r0 = *y;

Because, while the atomic_inc() implies memory order, it
(surprisingly) does not provide a compiler barrier. This then allows
the compiler to re-order like so:

	atomic_inc(u);
	*x = 1;
	smp_mb__after_atomic();
	r0 = *y;

Which the CPU is then allowed to re-order (under TSO rules) like:

	atomic_inc(u);
	r0 = *y;
	*x = 1;

And this very much was not intended. Therefore strengthen the atomic
RmW ops to include a compiler barrier.

NOTE: atomic_{or,and,xor} and the bitops already had the compiler
barrier.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 Documentation/atomic_t.txt         |    3 +++
 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h      |    8 ++++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h |    8 ++++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h     |    4 ++--
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/atomic_t.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_t.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ These helper barriers exist because arch
 ordering on their SMP atomic primitives. For example our TSO architectures
 provide full ordered atomics and these barriers are no-ops.
 
+NOTE: when the atomic RmW ops are fully ordered, they should also imply a
+compiler barrier.
+
 Thus:
 
   atomic_fetch_add();
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic_
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "addl %1,%0"
 		     : "+m" (v->counter)
-		     : "ir" (i));
+		     : "ir" (i) : "memory");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic_
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "subl %1,%0"
 		     : "+m" (v->counter)
-		     : "ir" (i));
+		     : "ir" (i) : "memory");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static __always_inline bool arch_atomic_
 static __always_inline void arch_atomic_inc(atomic_t *v)
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "incl %0"
-		     : "+m" (v->counter));
+		     : "+m" (v->counter) :: "memory");
 }
 #define arch_atomic_inc arch_atomic_inc
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic_
 static __always_inline void arch_atomic_dec(atomic_t *v)
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "decl %0"
-		     : "+m" (v->counter));
+		     : "+m" (v->counter) :: "memory");
 }
 #define arch_atomic_dec arch_atomic_dec
 
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic6
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "addq %1,%0"
 		     : "=m" (v->counter)
-		     : "er" (i), "m" (v->counter));
+		     : "er" (i), "m" (v->counter) : "memory");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static inline void arch_atomic64_sub(lon
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "subq %1,%0"
 		     : "=m" (v->counter)
-		     : "er" (i), "m" (v->counter));
+		     : "er" (i), "m" (v->counter) : "memory");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic6
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "incq %0"
 		     : "=m" (v->counter)
-		     : "m" (v->counter));
+		     : "m" (v->counter) : "memory");
 }
 #define arch_atomic64_inc arch_atomic64_inc
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static __always_inline void arch_atomic6
 {
 	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "decq %0"
 		     : "=m" (v->counter)
-		     : "m" (v->counter));
+		     : "m" (v->counter) : "memory");
 }
 #define arch_atomic64_dec arch_atomic64_dec
 
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ do {									\
 })
 
 /* Atomic operations are already serializing on x86 */
-#define __smp_mb__before_atomic()	barrier()
-#define __smp_mb__after_atomic()	barrier()
+#define __smp_mb__before_atomic()	do { } while (0)
+#define __smp_mb__after_atomic()	do { } while (0)
 
 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>