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-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 489a87884337..ab8b1bb8caa4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -244,13 +244,17 @@ static void pv_wait_head(struct qspinlock *lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
if (!lp) { /* ONCE */
lp = pv_hash(lock, pn);
/*
- * lp must be set before setting _Q_SLOW_VAL
+ * We must hash before setting _Q_SLOW_VAL, such that
+ * when we observe _Q_SLOW_VAL in __pv_queued_spin_unlock()
+ * we'll be sure to be able to observe our hash entry.
*
- * [S] lp = lock [RmW] l = l->locked = 0
- * MB MB
- * [S] l->locked = _Q_SLOW_VAL [L] lp
+ * [S] pn->state
+ * [S] <hash> [Rmw] l->locked == _Q_SLOW_VAL
+ * MB RMB
+ * [RmW] l->locked = _Q_SLOW_VAL [L] <unhash>
+ * [L] pn->state
*
- * Matches the cmpxchg() in __pv_queued_spin_unlock().
+ * Matches the smp_rmb() in __pv_queued_spin_unlock().
*/
if (!cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, _Q_SLOW_VAL)) {
/*
@@ -306,6 +310,15 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
}
/*
+ * A failed cmpxchg doesn't provide any memory-ordering guarantees,
+ * so we need a barrier to order the read of the node data in
+ * pv_unhash *after* we've read the lock being _Q_SLOW_VAL.
+ *
+ * Matches the cmpxchg() in pv_wait_head() setting _Q_SLOW_VAL.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
* Since the above failed to release, this must be the SLOW path.
* Therefore start by looking up the blocked node and unhashing it.
*/