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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/userfaultfd.c | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/spinlock.h | 13 |
6 files changed, 13 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 9f34364922c8..d1d1716f904b 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1981,10 +1981,7 @@ for each construct. These operations all imply certain barriers: ACQUIRE operation has completed. Memory operations issued before the ACQUIRE may be completed after - the ACQUIRE operation has completed. An smp_mb__before_spinlock(), - combined with a following ACQUIRE, orders prior stores against - subsequent loads and stores. Note that this is weaker than smp_mb()! - The smp_mb__before_spinlock() primitive is free on many architectures. + the ACQUIRE operation has completed. (2) RELEASE operation implication: diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt index 38310dcd6620..bc80fc0e210f 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1956,10 +1956,7 @@ MMIO 쓰기 배리어 뒤에 완료됩니다. ACQUIRE 앞에서 요청된 메모리 오퍼레이션은 ACQUIRE 오퍼레이션이 완료된 후에 - 완료될 수 있습니다. smp_mb__before_spinlock() 뒤에 ACQUIRE 가 실행되는 - 코드 블록은 블록 앞의 스토어를 블록 뒤의 로드와 스토어에 대해 순서 - 맞춥니다. 이건 smp_mb() 보다 완화된 것임을 기억하세요! 많은 아키텍쳐에서 - smp_mb__before_spinlock() 은 사실 아무일도 하지 않습니다. + 완료될 수 있습니다. (2) RELEASE 오퍼레이션의 영향: diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h index b103888b694a..ae4241ab19a8 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/spinlock.h @@ -358,15 +358,6 @@ static inline int arch_read_trylock(arch_rwlock_t *rw) #define arch_read_relax(lock) cpu_relax() #define arch_write_relax(lock) cpu_relax() -/* - * Accesses appearing in program order before a spin_lock() operation - * can be reordered with accesses inside the critical section, by virtue - * of arch_spin_lock being constructed using acquire semantics. - * - * In cases where this is problematic (e.g. try_to_wake_up), an - * smp_mb__before_spinlock() can restore the required ordering. - */ -#define smp_mb__before_spinlock() smp_mb() /* See include/linux/spinlock.h */ #define smp_mb__after_spinlock() smp_mb() diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h index 25d42bd3f114..9c601adfc500 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h @@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ do { \ ___p1; \ }) -/* - * This must resolve to hwsync on SMP for the context switch path. - * See _switch, and core scheduler context switch memory ordering - * comments. - */ -#define smp_mb__before_spinlock() smp_mb() - #include <asm-generic/barrier.h> #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H */ diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index 06ea26b8c996..44fcbefd84a2 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -109,27 +109,24 @@ static int userfaultfd_wake_function(wait_queue_entry_t *wq, unsigned mode, goto out; WRITE_ONCE(uwq->waken, true); /* - * The implicit smp_mb__before_spinlock in try_to_wake_up() - * renders uwq->waken visible to other CPUs before the task is - * waken. + * The Program-Order guarantees provided by the scheduler + * ensure uwq->waken is visible before the task is woken. */ ret = wake_up_state(wq->private, mode); - if (ret) + if (ret) { /* * Wake only once, autoremove behavior. * - * After the effect of list_del_init is visible to the - * other CPUs, the waitqueue may disappear from under - * us, see the !list_empty_careful() in - * handle_userfault(). try_to_wake_up() has an - * implicit smp_mb__before_spinlock, and the - * wq->private is read before calling the extern - * function "wake_up_state" (which in turns calls - * try_to_wake_up). While the spin_lock;spin_unlock; - * wouldn't be enough, the smp_mb__before_spinlock is - * enough to avoid an explicit smp_mb() here. + * After the effect of list_del_init is visible to the other + * CPUs, the waitqueue may disappear from under us, see the + * !list_empty_careful() in handle_userfault(). + * + * try_to_wake_up() has an implicit smp_mb(), and the + * wq->private is read before calling the extern function + * "wake_up_state" (which in turns calls try_to_wake_up). */ list_del_init(&wq->entry); + } out: return ret; } diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h index 840281095933..4e8cce19b507 100644 --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h @@ -118,19 +118,6 @@ do { \ #endif /* - * Despite its name it doesn't necessarily has to be a full barrier. - * It should only guarantee that a STORE before the critical section - * can not be reordered with LOADs and STOREs inside this section. - * spin_lock() is the one-way barrier, this LOAD can not escape out - * of the region. So the default implementation simply ensures that - * a STORE can not move into the critical section, smp_wmb() should - * serialize it with another STORE done by spin_lock(). - */ -#ifndef smp_mb__before_spinlock -#define smp_mb__before_spinlock() smp_wmb() -#endif - -/* * This barrier must provide two things: * * - it must guarantee a STORE before the spin_lock() is ordered against a |