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Message-ID: <20130210195417.GK2666@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:54:17 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 04/45] percpu_rwlock: Implement the core design of
 Per-CPU Reader-Writer Locks

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 07:06:07PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 02/08, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

[ . . . ]

> > > +static inline void sync_reader(struct percpu_rwlock *pcpu_rwlock,
> > > +			       unsigned int cpu)
> > > +{
> > > +	smp_rmb(); /* Paired with smp_[w]mb() in percpu_read_[un]lock() */
> >
> > As I understand it, the purpose of this memory barrier is to ensure
> > that the stores in drop_writer_signal() happen before the reads from
> > ->reader_refcnt in reader_uses_percpu_refcnt(), thus preventing the
> > race between a new reader attempting to use the fastpath and this writer
> > acquiring the lock.  Unless I am confused, this must be smp_mb() rather
> > than smp_rmb().
> 
> And note that before sync_reader() we call announce_writer_active() which
> already adds mb() before sync_all_readers/sync_reader, so this rmb() looks
> unneeded.
> 
> But, at the same time, could you confirm that we do not need another mb()
> after sync_all_readers() in percpu_write_lock() ? I mean, without mb(),
> can't this reader_uses_percpu_refcnt() LOAD leak into the critical section
> protected by ->global_rwlock? Then this LOAD can be re-ordered with other
> memory operations done by the writer.

As soon as I get the rest of the way through Thomas's patchset.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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