Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756420Ab3CaXqr (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:46:47 -0400 Received: from LGEMRELSE1Q.lge.com ([156.147.1.111]:62003 "EHLO LGEMRELSE1Q.lge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756236Ab3CaXqq (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:46:46 -0400 X-AuditID: 9c93016f-b7b6aae000000e9c-79-5158cae4ad92 From: Minchan Kim To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Minchan Kim , Mel Gorman , Andrea Arcangeli , Hugh Dickins Subject: [PATCH] THP: Use explicit memory barrier Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 08:45:35 +0900 Message-Id: <1364773535-26264-1-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.2 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1574 Lines: 45 __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page depends on page_add_new_anon_rmap's spinlock for making sure that clear_huge_page write become visible after set set_pmd_at() write. But lru_cache_add_lru uses pagevec so it could miss spinlock easily so above rule was broken so user may see inconsistent data. This patch fixes it with using explict barrier rather than depending on lru spinlock. Cc: Mel Gorman Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim --- mm/huge_memory.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index bfa142e..fad800e 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -725,11 +725,10 @@ static int __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t entry; entry = mk_huge_pmd(page, vma); /* - * The spinlocking to take the lru_lock inside - * page_add_new_anon_rmap() acts as a full memory - * barrier to be sure clear_huge_page writes become - * visible after the set_pmd_at() write. + * clear_huge_page write become visible after the + * set_pmd_at() write. */ + smp_wmb(); page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, haddr); set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmd, entry); pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pgtable); -- 1.8.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/