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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/marker.c b/kernel/marker.c
index 48a4ea5afffd..005b95954593 100644
--- a/kernel/marker.c
+++ b/kernel/marker.c
@@ -104,18 +104,18 @@ void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private,
char ptype;
/*
- * disabling preemption to make sure the teardown of the callbacks can
- * be done correctly when they are in modules and they insure RCU read
- * coherency.
+ * preempt_disable does two things : disabling preemption to make sure
+ * the teardown of the callbacks can be done correctly when they are in
+ * modules and they insure RCU read coherency.
*/
preempt_disable();
- ptype = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->ptype);
+ ptype = mdata->ptype;
if (likely(!ptype)) {
marker_probe_func *func;
/* Must read the ptype before ptr. They are not data dependant,
* so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */
smp_rmb();
- func = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->single.func);
+ func = mdata->single.func;
/* Must read the ptr before private data. They are not data
* dependant, so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */
smp_rmb();
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private,
* in the fast path, so put the explicit barrier here.
*/
smp_read_barrier_depends();
- multi = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->multi);
+ multi = mdata->multi;
for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++) {
va_start(args, fmt);
multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, fmt,
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata,
char ptype;
preempt_disable();
- ptype = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->ptype);
+ ptype = mdata->ptype;
if (likely(!ptype)) {
marker_probe_func *func;
/* Must read the ptype before ptr. They are not data dependant,
* so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */
smp_rmb();
- func = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->single.func);
+ func = mdata->single.func;
/* Must read the ptr before private data. They are not data
* dependant, so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */
smp_rmb();
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata,
* in the fast path, so put the explicit barrier here.
*/
smp_read_barrier_depends();
- multi = ACCESS_ONCE(mdata->multi);
+ multi = mdata->multi;
for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++)
multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, fmt,
&args);
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ static int set_marker(struct marker_entry **entry, struct marker *elem,
/*
* Disable a marker and its probe callback.
- * Note: only after a synchronize_sched() issued after setting elem->call to the
- * empty function insures that the original callback is not used anymore. This
- * insured by preemption disabling around the call site.
+ * Note: only waiting an RCU period after setting elem->call to the empty
+ * function insures that the original callback is not used anymore. This insured
+ * by preempt_disable around the call site.
*/
static void disable_marker(struct marker *elem)
{
@@ -565,8 +565,8 @@ static void disable_marker(struct marker *elem)
elem->ptype = 0; /* single probe */
/*
* Leave the private data and id there, because removal is racy and
- * should be done only after a synchronize_sched(). These are never used
- * until the next initialization anyway.
+ * should be done only after an RCU period. These are never used until
+ * the next initialization anyway.
*/
}
@@ -601,9 +601,6 @@ void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin,
/*
* Update probes, removing the faulty probes.
- * Issues a synchronize_sched() when no reference to the module passed
- * as parameter is found in the probes so the probe module can be
- * safely unloaded from now on.
*
* Internal callback only changed before the first probe is connected to it.
* Single probe private data can only be changed on 0 -> 1 and 2 -> 1
@@ -674,6 +671,9 @@ int marker_probe_register(const char *name, const char *format,
entry->rcu_pending = 1;
/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
smp_wmb();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
+#endif
call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
end:
mutex_unlock(&markers_mutex);
@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ int marker_probe_unregister(const char *name,
entry->rcu_pending = 1;
/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
smp_wmb();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
+#endif
call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
remove_marker(name); /* Ignore busy error message */
ret = 0;
@@ -795,6 +798,9 @@ int marker_probe_unregister_private_data(marker_probe_func *probe,
entry->rcu_pending = 1;
/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
smp_wmb();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
+ synchronize_sched(); /* Until we have the call_rcu_sched() */
+#endif
call_rcu(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
remove_marker(entry->name); /* Ignore busy error message */
end: