Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752562AbdLATzC (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:55:02 -0500 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:46560 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752138AbdLATv0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:51:26 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, "Paul E. McKenney" , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Alexander Shishkin Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/21] uprobes: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends() Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:51:04 -0800 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20171201195053.GA23494@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20171201195053.GA23494@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17120119-0048-0000-0000-0000020E3A40 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00008137; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000243; SDB=6.00953999; UDB=6.00482085; IPR=6.00734075; BA=6.00005726; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00018295; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-12-01 19:51:23 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17120119-0049-0000-0000-00004356281C Message-Id: <1512157876-24665-9-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-12-01_05:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1712010232 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1853 Lines: 54 Now that READ_ONCE() implies smp_read_barrier_depends(), the get_xol_area() and get_trampoline_vaddr() no longer need their smp_read_barrier_depends() calls, which this commit removes. While we are here, convert the corresponding smp_wmb() to an smp_store_release(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexander Shishkin --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index 267f6ef91d97..ce6848e46e94 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -1167,8 +1167,8 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area) } ret = 0; - smp_wmb(); /* pairs with get_xol_area() */ - mm->uprobes_state.xol_area = area; + /* pairs with get_xol_area() */ + smp_store_release(&mm->uprobes_state.xol_area, area); /* ^^^ */ fail: up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); @@ -1230,8 +1230,8 @@ static struct xol_area *get_xol_area(void) if (!mm->uprobes_state.xol_area) __create_xol_area(0); - area = mm->uprobes_state.xol_area; - smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* pairs with wmb in xol_add_vma() */ + /* Pairs with xol_add_vma() smp_store_release() */ + area = READ_ONCE(mm->uprobes_state.xol_area); /* ^^^ */ return area; } @@ -1528,8 +1528,8 @@ static unsigned long get_trampoline_vaddr(void) struct xol_area *area; unsigned long trampoline_vaddr = -1; - area = current->mm->uprobes_state.xol_area; - smp_read_barrier_depends(); + /* Pairs with xol_add_vma() smp_store_release() */ + area = READ_ONCE(current->mm->uprobes_state.xol_area); /* ^^^ */ if (area) trampoline_vaddr = area->vaddr; -- 2.5.2