1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 42f729c8e56c..dba56c5c1837 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -73,28 +73,33 @@ void percpu_counter_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_set);
 
 /*
- * This function is both preempt and irq safe. The former is due to explicit
- * preemption disable. The latter is guaranteed by the fact that the slow path
- * is explicitly protected by an irq-safe spinlock whereas the fast patch uses
- * this_cpu_add which is irq-safe by definition. Hence there is no need muck
- * with irq state before calling this one
+ * local_irq_save() is needed to make the function irq safe:
+ * - The slow path would be ok as protected by an irq-safe spinlock.
+ * - this_cpu_add would be ok as it is irq-safe by definition.
+ * But:
+ * The decision slow path/fast path and the actual update must be atomic, too.
+ * Otherwise a call in process context could check the current values and
+ * decide that the fast path can be used. If now an interrupt occurs before
+ * the this_cpu_add(), and the interrupt updates this_cpu(*fbc->counters),
+ * then the this_cpu_add() that is executed after the interrupt has completed
+ * can produce values larger than "batch" or even overflows.
  */
 void percpu_counter_add_batch(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount, s32 batch)
 {
 	s64 count;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	preempt_disable();
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	count = __this_cpu_read(*fbc->counters) + amount;
 	if (abs(count) >= batch) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&fbc->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_lock(&fbc->lock);
 		fbc->count += count;
 		__this_cpu_sub(*fbc->counters, count - amount);
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fbc->lock, flags);
+		raw_spin_unlock(&fbc->lock);
 	} else {
 		this_cpu_add(*fbc->counters, amount);
 	}
-	preempt_enable();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_add_batch);