linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] bio: fix improper use of smp_mb__before

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Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:14:58 +0200
From:   Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] bio: fix improper use of smp_mb__before_atomic()

This barrier only applies to the read-modify-write operations; in
particular, it does not apply to the atomic_set() primitive.

Replace the barrier with an smp_mb().

Fixes: dac56212e8127 ("bio: skip atomic inc/dec of ->bi_cnt for most use cases")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reported-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/bio.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index e584673c18814..5becbafb84e8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static inline void bio_cnt_set(struct bio *bio, unsigned int count)
 {
 	if (count != 1) {
 		bio->bi_flags |= (1 << BIO_REFFED);
-		smp_mb__before_atomic();
+		smp_mb();
 	}
 	atomic_set(&bio->__bi_cnt, count);
 }
-- 
2.7.4