Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755429AbdIGObP (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:31:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:37242 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754273AbdIGObO (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:31:14 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org B2EA860714 Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=prsood@codeaurora.org From: Prateek Sood To: mingo@kernel.org, longman@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, parri.andrea@gmail.com, dave@stgolabs.net Cc: Prateek Sood , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sramana@codeaurora.org Subject: [PATCH] rwsem: fix missed wakeup due to reordering of load Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 20:00:58 +0530 Message-Id: <1504794658-15397-1-git-send-email-prsood@codeaurora.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2765 Lines: 77 If a spinner is present, there is a chance that the load of rwsem_has_spinner() in rwsem_wake() can be reordered with respect to decrement of rwsem count in __up_write() leading to wakeup being missed. spinning writer up_write caller --------------- ----------------------- [S] osq_unlock() [L] osq spin_lock(wait_lock) sem->count=0xFFFFFFFF00000001 +0xFFFFFFFF00000000 count=sem->count MB sem->count=0xFFFFFFFE00000001 -0xFFFFFFFF00000001 spin_trylock(wait_lock) return rwsem_try_write_lock(count) spin_unlock(wait_lock) schedule() Reordering of atomic_long_sub_return_release() in __up_write() and rwsem_has_spinner() in rwsem_wake() can cause missing of wakeup in up_write() context. In spinning writer, sem->count and local variable count is 0XFFFFFFFE00000001. It would result in rwsem_try_write_lock() failing to acquire rwsem and spinning writer going to sleep in rwsem_down_write_failed(). The smp_rmb() will make sure that the spinner state is consulted after sem->count is updated in up_write context. Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood --- kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c index 02f6606..1fefe6d 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rwsem-xadd.c @@ -613,6 +613,33 @@ struct rw_semaphore *rwsem_wake(struct rw_semaphore *sem) DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q); /* + * __rwsem_down_write_failed_common(sem) + * rwsem_optimistic_spin(sem) + * osq_unlock(sem->osq) + * ... + * atomic_long_add_return(&sem->count) + * + * - VS - + * + * __up_write() + * if (atomic_long_sub_return_release(&sem->count) < 0) + * rwsem_wake(sem) + * osq_is_locked(&sem->osq) + * + * And __up_write() must observe !osq_is_locked() when it observes the + * atomic_long_add_return() in order to not miss a wakeup. + * + * This boils down to: + * + * [S.rel] X = 1 [RmW] r0 = (Y += 0) + * MB RMB + * [RmW] Y += 1 [L] r1 = X + * + * exists (r0=1 /\ r1=0) + */ + smp_rmb(); + + /* * If a spinner is present, it is not necessary to do the wakeup. * Try to do wakeup only if the trylock succeeds to minimize * spinlock contention which may introduce too much delay in the -- Qualcomm India Private Limited, on behalf of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., is a member of Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.