netdev - Re: [PATCH] inet: frags: Remove unnecessary smp_store_release/READ

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Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 10:11:32 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inet: frags: Remove unnecessary smp_store_release/READ_ONCE

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:29 AM Andrea Parri
<andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 08:45:47AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On 5/31/19 7:45 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
> > > In this case the code doesn't need them because an implicit
> > > barrier() (which is *stronger* than READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE) already
> > > exists in both places.
>
>
> > I have already explained that the READ_ONCE() was a leftover of the first version
> > of the patch, that I refined later, adding correct (and slightly more complex) RCU
> > barriers and rules.
>
> AFAICT, neither barrier() nor RCU synchronization can be used as
> a replacement for {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() here (and in tons of other
> different situations).  IOW, you might want to try harder.  ;-)

At least the writer side is using queue_rcu_work() which implies many
full memory barriers,
it is not equivalent to a compiler barrier() :/

David, Herbert, I really do not care, I want to move on fixing real
bugs, not arguing with memory barriers experts.

Lets add back the READ_ONCE() and be happy.