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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index afb04b9b818a..b38fb2b9e237 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -626,8 +626,22 @@ int ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, work = &cpu_buffer->irq_work; } - work->waiters_pending = true; poll_wait(filp, &work->waiters, poll_table); + work->waiters_pending = true; + /* + * There's a tight race between setting the waiters_pending and + * checking if the ring buffer is empty. Once the waiters_pending bit + * is set, the next event will wake the task up, but we can get stuck + * if there's only a single event in. + * + * FIXME: Ideally, we need a memory barrier on the writer side as well, + * but adding a memory barrier to all events will cause too much of a + * performance hit in the fast path. We only need a memory barrier when + * the buffer goes from empty to having content. But as this race is + * extremely small, and it's not a problem if another event comes in, we + * will fix it later. + */ + smp_mb(); if ((cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty(buffer)) || (cpu != RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty_cpu(buffer, cpu))) |