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[PATCH 1/4] sched: Better document the try_to_wake_up() barriers

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Explain how the control dependency and smp_rmb() end up providing
ACQUIRE semantics and pair with smp_store_release() in
finish_lock_switch().

Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c  |    8 +++++++-
 kernel/sched/sched.h |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1947,7 +1947,13 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, un
 	while (p->on_cpu)
 		cpu_relax();
 	/*
-	 * Pairs with the smp_wmb() in finish_lock_switch().
+	 * Combined with the control dependency above, we have an effective
+	 * smp_load_acquire() without the need for full barriers.
+	 *
+	 * Pairs with the smp_store_release() in finish_lock_switch().
+	 *
+	 * This ensures that tasks getting woken will be fully ordered against
+	 * their previous state and preserve Program Order.
 	 */
 	smp_rmb();
 
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1073,6 +1073,9 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(st
 	 * We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely
 	 * finished.
 	 *
+	 * In particular, the load of prev->state in finish_task_switch() must
+	 * happen before this.
+	 *
 	 * Pairs with the control dependency and rmb in try_to_wake_up().
 	 */
 	smp_store_release(&prev->on_cpu, 0);


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[PATCH 1/4] sched: Better document the try_to_wake_up() barriers Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-12-03 13:50 +0100

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