netdev - [patch 11/28] fix theoretical ccids_{read,write}

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:11:55 -0700
From:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, oleg@...sign.ru,
	acme@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [patch 11/28] fix theoretical ccids_{read,write}_lock() race

From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

Make sure that spin_unlock_wait() is properly ordered wrt atomic_inc().

(akpm: can't we convert this code to use rwlocks?)

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 net/dccp/ccid.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN net/dccp/ccid.c~fix-theoretical-ccids_readwrite_lock-race net/dccp/ccid.c
--- a/net/dccp/ccid.c~fix-theoretical-ccids_readwrite_lock-race
+++ a/net/dccp/ccid.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static inline void ccids_write_unlock(vo
 static inline void ccids_read_lock(void)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&ccids_lockct);
+	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
 	spin_unlock_wait(&ccids_lock);
 }
 
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