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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h index 773c4e039cd7..c0319cbf1eec 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h @@ -38,6 +38,25 @@ #define smp_rmb() RISCV_FENCE(r,r) #define smp_wmb() RISCV_FENCE(w,w) +/* + * This is a very specific barrier: it's currently only used in two places in + * the kernel, both in the scheduler. See include/linux/spinlock.h for the two + * orderings it guarantees, but the "critical section is RCsc" guarantee + * mandates a barrier on RISC-V. The sequence looks like: + * + * lr.aq lock + * sc lock <= LOCKED + * smp_mb__after_spinlock() + * // critical section + * lr lock + * sc.rl lock <= UNLOCKED + * + * The AQ/RL pair provides a RCpc critical section, but there's not really any + * way we can take advantage of that here because the ordering is only enforced + * on that one lock. Thus, we're just doing a full fence. + */ +#define smp_mb__after_spinlock() RISCV_FENCE(rw,rw) + #include <asm-generic/barrier.h> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ |