[PATCH 3.14 192/238] powerpc: Add smp_mb()s to arch_spin_unlock_wait()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 03 2014 - 19:11:25 EST


3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 78e05b1421fa41ae8457701140933baa5e7d9479 upstream.

Similar to the previous commit which described why we need to add a
barrier to arch_spin_is_locked(), we have a similar problem with
spin_unlock_wait().

We need a barrier on entry to ensure any spinlock we have previously
taken is visibly locked prior to the load of lock->slock.

It's also not clear if spin_unlock_wait() is intended to have ACQUIRE
semantics. For now be conservative and add a barrier on exit to give it
ACQUIRE semantics.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
@@ -70,12 +70,16 @@ void __rw_yield(arch_rwlock_t *rw)

void arch_spin_unlock_wait(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
{
+ smp_mb();
+
while (lock->slock) {
HMT_low();
if (SHARED_PROCESSOR)
__spin_yield(lock);
}
HMT_medium();
+
+ smp_mb();
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_spin_unlock_wait);


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