[PATCH 6/7] net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core: Remove barriers after spin_unlock_wait

From: Manfred Spraul
Date: Thu Sep 01 2016 - 11:06:49 EST


nf_conntrack_all() contains an smp_rmb() after spin_unlock_wait().
This was done to allow safe backporting.

Commit 2c6100227116 ("locking/qspinlock: Fix spin_unlock_wait() some more")
(and the commits for the other archs) ensure that spin_unlock_wait()
is an ACQUIRE.
Therefore the smp_rmb() after spin_unlock_wait() can be removed.

Not for stable!

Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 3847f09..c8a2d26 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ static void nf_conntrack_all_lock(void)
for (i = 0; i < CONNTRACK_LOCKS; i++) {
spin_unlock_wait(&nf_conntrack_locks[i]);
}
- /* spin_unlock_wait() is at least a control barrier.
- * Add smp_rmb() to upgrade it to an ACQUIRE, it must
- * pair with the spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks[])
- */
- smp_rmb();
}

static void nf_conntrack_all_unlock(void)
--
2.7.4