[tip:core/urgent] futex: Add memory barrier commentary to futex_wait_queue_me()

[tip-bot for Darren Hart]

Commit-ID:  9beba3c54dd180a26a1da2027cfbe9edfaf9c40e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9beba3c54dd180a26a1da2027cfbe9edfaf9c40e
Author:     Darren Hart <dvhltc@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:54:47 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:30:10 +0200

futex: Add memory barrier commentary to futex_wait_queue_me()

The memory barrier semantics of futex_wait_queue_me() are
non-obvious. Add some commentary to try and clarify it.

Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <dvhltc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dinakar Guniguntala <dino@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20090924185447.694.38948.stgit@Aeon>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
 kernel/futex.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 463af2e..b911adc 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1656,6 +1656,12 @@ out:
 static void futex_wait_queue_me(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb, struct futex_q *q,
 				struct hrtimer_sleeper *timeout)
 {
+	/*
+	 * The task state is guaranteed to be set before another task can
+	 * wake it. set_current_state() is implemented using set_mb() and
+	 * queue_me() calls spin_unlock() upon completion, both serializing
+	 * access to the hash list and forcing another memory barrier.
+	 */
 	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	queue_me(q, hb);
 
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