netdev - Re: [PATCH] ARM: add cmpxchg64 helper for ARMv7-M

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Date:   Sat, 10 Dec 2016 13:32:34 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: add cmpxchg64 helper for ARMv7-M

Hi Arnd,

On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 11:36:34AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> A change to the netfilter code in net-next introduced the first caller of
> cmpxchg64 that can get built on ARMv7-M, leading to an error from the
> assembler that points out the lack of 64-bit atomics on this architecture:
> 
> /tmp/ccMe7djj.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccMe7djj.s:367: Error: selected processor does not support `ldrexd r0,r1,[lr]' in Thumb mode
> /tmp/ccMe7djj.s:371: Error: selected processor does not support `strexd ip,r2,r3,[lr]' in Thumb mode
> /tmp/ccMe7djj.s:389: Error: selected processor does not support `ldrexd r8,r9,[r7]' in Thumb mode
> /tmp/ccMe7djj.s:393: Error: selected processor does not support `strexd lr,r0,r1,[r7]' in Thumb mode
> scripts/Makefile.build:299: recipe for target 'net/netfilter/nft_counter.o' failed
> 
> This makes ARMv7-M use the same emulation from asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h
> that we use on architectures earlier than ARMv6K, to fix the build. The
> 32-bit atomics are available on ARMv7-M and we keep using them there.
> This ARM specific change is probably something we should do regardless
> of the netfilter code.
> 
> However, looking at the new nft_counter_reset() function in nft_counter.c,
> this looks incorrect to me not just on ARMv7-M but also on other
> architectures, with at least the following possible race:

Right, Eric Dumazet already spotted this problem. I'm preparing a
patch that doesn't require cmpxchg64(). Will keep you on Cc. Thanks.