linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] padata: use smp_mb in padata_reorder to avoid orphaned padata jobs

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:06:36 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
Cc:     steffen.klassert@...unet.com, daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com,
        andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        paulmck@...ux.ibm.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] padata: use smp_mb in padata_reorder to avoid orphaned
 padata jobs

Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> CPU0                                 CPU1
> 
> padata_reorder                       padata_do_serial
>  LOAD reorder_objects  // 0
>                                       INC reorder_objects  // 1
>                                       padata_reorder
>                                         TRYLOCK pd->lock   // failed
>  UNLOCK pd->lock

I think this can't happen because CPU1 won't call padata_reorder
at all as it's the wrong CPU so it gets pushed back onto a work
queue which will go back to CPU0.

Steffen, could you please take a look at this as there clearly
is a problem here?

Thanks,
-- 
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