linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Fix memory ordering race in queue

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Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 06:26:43 -1000
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, marcan@...can.st,
        will@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        maz@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, oneukum@...e.com,
        roman.penyaev@...fitbricks.com, asahi@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] workqueue: Fix memory ordering race in queue_work*()

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 12:15:38PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Oh, tricky one and yeah you're absolutely right that it makes no sense to
> > not guarantee barrier semantics when already pending. I didn't even know
> > test_and_set_bit() wasn't a barrier when it failed. Thanks a lot for hunting
> > down and fixing this. Applied to wq/for-6.0-fixes.
> 
> Please revert this as test_and_set_bit was always supposed to be
> a full memory barrier.  This is an arch bug.

Alright, reverting.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun