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Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code

From Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code
Date 2015-08-06 15:30 +0200
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On Thursday 06 August 2015 06:45 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> The atomic ops on futex need to provide the full barrier just like
>> regular atomics in kernel.
>>
>> Also remove pagefault_enable/disable in futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic()
>> as core code already does that
>>
>> Cc: David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arc/include/asm/futex.h | 12 ++++++++----
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/futex.h
>> index 70cfe16b742d..160656d0a15a 100644
>> --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/futex.h
>> +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/futex.h
>> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>>
>>  #define __futex_atomic_op(insn, ret, oldval, uaddr, oparg)\
>>  							\
>> +	smp_mb();					\
>>  	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
>>  	"1:	llock	%1, [%2]		\n"	\
>>  		insn				"\n"	\
>> @@ -40,12 +41,14 @@
>>  							\
>>  	: "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (oldval)			\
>>  	: "r" (uaddr), "r" (oparg), "ir" (-EFAULT)	\
>> -	: "cc", "memory")
>> +	: "cc", "memory");				\
>> +	smp_mb();					\
> I think you should drop the ;

OK sure !

>
>>  #else	/* !CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC */
>>
>>  #define __futex_atomic_op(insn, ret, oldval, uaddr, oparg)\
>>  							\
>> +	smp_mb();					\
>>  	__asm__ __volatile__(				\
>>  	"1:	ld	%1, [%2]		\n"	\
>>  		insn				"\n"	\
>> @@ -65,7 +68,8 @@
>>  							\
>>  	: "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (oldval)			\
>>  	: "r" (uaddr), "r" (oparg), "ir" (-EFAULT)	\
>> -	: "cc", "memory")
>> +	: "cc", "memory");				\
>> +	smp_mb();					\
> dito

OK !

>
>>  #endif
>>
>> @@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval,
>>  	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(int)))
>>  		return -EFAULT;
>>
>> -	pagefault_disable();
>> +	smp_mb();
>>
>>  	__asm__ __volatile__(
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC
>> @@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval,
>>  	: "r"(oldval), "r"(newval), "r"(uaddr), "ir"(-EFAULT)
>>  	: "cc", "memory");
>>
>> -	pagefault_enable();
>> +	smp_mb();
>>
>>  	*uval = val;
>>  	return val;
> Looks like pagefault_() magic is only required for futex_atomic_op_inuser. So
> this should be fine (and arc seems to be the only arch left that has in in
> _inatomic).
>
> Not sure if you want to change the comment:
>
> /* Compare-xchg with pagefaults disabled.
>  *  Notes:
>  *      -Best-Effort: Exchg happens only if compare succeeds.
>
> Maybe something like "Compare-xchg: pagefaults have to be disabled by the
> caller"

Will do !

> Looks sane to me.

Thx for the quick review David. It seems ARC also needs the preempt disable magic
for !LLSC config. I'll send a separate patch to that effect.

Thx,
-Vineet

>
> David
>
>

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[PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com> - 2015-08-06 14:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-08-06 15:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com> - 2015-08-06 15:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-08-06 15:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> - 2015-08-06 16:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARC: add barriers to futex code Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-08-07 13:50 +0200

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