Re: smp_store_mb() oddity..

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Thu Jul 02 2015 - 18:30:43 EST


On Wed, 2015-07-01 at 19:17 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Subject: locking/arch: Make smp_store_mb() use smp_mb()
>
> Linus noticed that there were a few smp_store_mb() implementations that
> used mb(), which is inconsistent with the new naming.
>
> Since all smp_store_mb() users really are about SMP ordering, not IO
> ordering, change them all to be consistent.
>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>

For powerpc:
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h | 2 +-
> arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h | 2 +-
> include/asm-generic/barrier.h | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h
> index 843ba435e43b..39ed6515415f 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ do { \
> ___p1; \
> })
>
> -#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); mb(); } while (0)
> +#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); smp_mb(); } while (0)
>
> /*
> * The group barrier in front of the rsm & ssm are necessary to ensure
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> index 51ccc7232042..5525268f35c0 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
> #define rmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
> #define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
>
> -#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); mb(); } while (0)
> +#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); smp_mb(); } while (0)
>
> #ifdef __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
> # define SMPWMB LWSYNC
> diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> index e6f8615a11eb..a4dea6050c77 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
> #define smp_mb__before_atomic() smp_mb()
> #define smp_mb__after_atomic() smp_mb()
>
> -#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); mb(); } while (0)
> +#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); smp_mb(); } while (0)
>
> #define smp_store_release(p, v) \
> do { \
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/barrier.h b/include/asm-generic/barrier.h
> index e6a83d712ef6..d716aa564931 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/barrier.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/barrier.h
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
> #endif
>
> #ifndef smp_store_mb
> -#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); mb(); } while (0)
> +#define smp_store_mb(var, value) do { WRITE_ONCE(var, value); smp_mb(); } while (0)
> #endif
>
> #ifndef smp_mb__before_atomic
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