linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] membarrier: riscv: Provide core serializing command

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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2023 15:11:07 +0100
From:   Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
To:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
Cc:     mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, paulmck@...nel.org,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, mmaas@...gle.com, hboehm@...gle.com,
        striker@...ibm.com, charlie@...osinc.com, rehn@...osinc.com,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] membarrier: riscv: Provide core serializing command

> I see
> 
> $ git grep "config MEMBARRIER" fab957c11efe2f405e08b9f0d080524bc2631428
> fab957c11efe2f405e08b9f0d080524bc2631428:init/Kconfig:config MEMBARRIER
> 
> so IMO this is just one of those forever bugs.  So I'd lean towards
> 
>    Fixes: fab957c11efe ("RISC-V: Atomic and Locking Code")

Works for me, will apply in v2.


> (or anything in that original patch set).  It's not that big of a backport,
> so I think it's safe enough?

Indeed, I think so.

The final version of this fix will likely depend on some machinery/code
introduced by 3ccfebedd8cf54 ("powerpc, membarrier: Skip memory barrier
in switch_mm()"); but, yes, nothing we can't safely adjust I think.

Thanks,
  Andrea