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futex: Replace barrier() in unqueue_me() with READ_ONCE() 

Commit e91467ecd1 ("bug in futex unqueue_me") introduced a barrier() in
unqueue_me() to prevent the compiler from rereading the lock pointer which
might change after a check for NULL.

Replace the barrier() with a READ_ONCE() for the following reasons:

1) READ_ONCE() is a weaker form of barrier() that affects only the specific
   load operation, while barrier() is a general compiler level memory barrier.
   READ_ONCE() was not available at the time when the barrier was added.

2) Aside of that READ_ONCE() is descriptive and self explainatory while a
   barrier without comment is not clear to the casual reader.

No functional change.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Cc: dave@stgolabs.net
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: fengguang.wu@intel.com
Cc: bigeasy@linutronix.de
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457314344-5685-1-git-send-email-nasa4836@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Jianyu Zhan 2016-03-07 09:32:24 +08:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 9e4e7554e7
commit 29b75eb2d5
1 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -2010,8 +2010,12 @@ static int unqueue_me(struct futex_q *q)
/* In the common case we don't take the spinlock, which is nice. */
retry:
lock_ptr = q->lock_ptr;
barrier();
/*
* q->lock_ptr can change between this read and the following spin_lock.
* Use READ_ONCE to forbid the compiler from reloading q->lock_ptr and
* optimizing lock_ptr out of the logic below.
*/
lock_ptr = READ_ONCE(q->lock_ptr);
if (lock_ptr != NULL) {
spin_lock(lock_ptr);
/*