netdev - [PATCH net] net: avoid possible false sharing in sk_leave_memory

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Date:   Wed,  9 Oct 2019 12:55:53 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: avoid possible false sharing in sk_leave_memory_pressure()

As mentioned in https://github.com/google/ktsan/wiki/READ_ONCE-and-WRITE_ONCE#it-may-improve-performance
a C compiler can legally transform :

if (memory_pressure && *memory_pressure)
        *memory_pressure = 0;

to :

if (memory_pressure)
        *memory_pressure = 0;

Fixes: 0604475119de ("tcp: add TCPMemoryPressuresChrono counter")
Fixes: 180d8cd942ce ("foundations of per-cgroup memory pressure controlling.")
Fixes: 3ab224be6d69 ("[NET] CORE: Introducing new memory accounting interface.")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/core/sock.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index fac2b4d80de5e54c77628073d7930bddf8a10cb3..50647a10fdb7f050e963e2734f0d3555fa4bd7aa 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2334,8 +2334,8 @@ static void sk_leave_memory_pressure(struct sock *sk)
 	} else {
 		unsigned long *memory_pressure = sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure;
 
-		if (memory_pressure && *memory_pressure)
-			*memory_pressure = 0;
+		if (memory_pressure && READ_ONCE(*memory_pressure))
+			WRITE_ONCE(*memory_pressure, 0);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.23.0.581.g78d2f28ef7-goog