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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/futex.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c index f3a3a071283c..bbf071f325b8 100644 --- a/kernel/futex.c +++ b/kernel/futex.c @@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ * * Where (A) orders the waiters increment and the futex value read through * atomic operations (see hb_waiters_inc) and where (B) orders the write - * to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers in - * get_futex_key_refs(), through either ihold or atomic_inc, depending on the - * futex type. + * to futex and the waiters read -- this is done by the barriers for both + * shared and private futexes in get_futex_key_refs(). * * This yields the following case (where X:=waiters, Y:=futex): * @@ -344,13 +343,20 @@ static void get_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key) futex_get_mm(key); /* implies MB (B) */ break; default: + /* + * Private futexes do not hold reference on an inode or + * mm, therefore the only purpose of calling get_futex_key_refs + * is because we need the barrier for the lockless waiter check. + */ smp_mb(); /* explicit MB (B) */ } } /* * Drop a reference to the resource addressed by a key. - * The hash bucket spinlock must not be held. + * The hash bucket spinlock must not be held. This is + * a no-op for private futexes, see comment in the get + * counterpart. */ static void drop_futex_key_refs(union futex_key *key) { |