[GIT PULL] locking fix

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Aug 14 2015 - 03:08:45 EST


Linus,

Please pull the latest locking-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git locking-urgent-for-linus

# HEAD: cba77f03f2c7b6cc0b0a44a3c679e0abade7da62 locking/pvqspinlock: Fix kernel panic in locking-selftest

A single fix for a locking self-test crash.

Thanks,

Ingo

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Waiman Long (1):
locking/pvqspinlock: Fix kernel panic in locking-selftest


kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 04ab18151cc8..df19ae4debd0 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

#include <linux/hash.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
+#include <linux/debug_locks.h>

/*
* Implement paravirt qspinlocks; the general idea is to halt the vcpus instead
@@ -286,15 +287,23 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
{
struct __qspinlock *l = (void *)lock;
struct pv_node *node;
+ u8 lockval = cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);

/*
* We must not unlock if SLOW, because in that case we must first
* unhash. Otherwise it would be possible to have multiple @lock
* entries, which would be BAD.
*/
- if (likely(cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0) == _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
+ if (likely(lockval == _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
return;

+ if (unlikely(lockval != _Q_SLOW_VAL)) {
+ if (debug_locks_silent)
+ return;
+ WARN(1, "pvqspinlock: lock %p has corrupted value 0x%x!\n", lock, atomic_read(&lock->val));
+ return;
+ }
+
/*
* Since the above failed to release, this must be the SLOW path.
* Therefore start by looking up the blocked node and unhashing it.
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