Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core

Reason: Get upstream fixes before adding conflicting code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
index c685e31492df..c3ae1446461c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
@@ -176,10 +176,36 @@ static u64 sched_clock_remote(struct sched_clock_data *scd)
 	u64 this_clock, remote_clock;
 	u64 *ptr, old_val, val;
 
+#if BITS_PER_LONG != 64
+again:
+	/*
+	 * Careful here: The local and the remote clock values need to
+	 * be read out atomic as we need to compare the values and
+	 * then update either the local or the remote side. So the
+	 * cmpxchg64 below only protects one readout.
+	 *
+	 * We must reread via sched_clock_local() in the retry case on
+	 * 32bit as an NMI could use sched_clock_local() via the
+	 * tracer and hit between the readout of
+	 * the low32bit and the high 32bit portion.
+	 */
+	this_clock = sched_clock_local(my_scd);
+	/*
+	 * We must enforce atomic readout on 32bit, otherwise the
+	 * update on the remote cpu can hit inbetween the readout of
+	 * the low32bit and the high 32bit portion.
+	 */
+	remote_clock = cmpxchg64(&scd->clock, 0, 0);
+#else
+	/*
+	 * On 64bit the read of [my]scd->clock is atomic versus the
+	 * update, so we can avoid the above 32bit dance.
+	 */
 	sched_clock_local(my_scd);
 again:
 	this_clock = my_scd->clock;
 	remote_clock = scd->clock;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Use the opportunity that we have both locks