Re: [PATCH powerpc/next 2/2] powerpc: Make {cmp}xchg* and their atomic_ versions fully ordered

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sun Nov 01 2015 - 21:27:59 EST


On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 09:30:32AM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> According to memory-barriers.txt, xchg*, cmpxchg* and their atomic_
> versions all need to be fully ordered, however they are now just
> RELEASE+ACQUIRE, which are not fully ordered.
>
> So also replace PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER and PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER with
> PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER and PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER in
> __{cmp,}xchg_{u32,u64} respectively to guarantee fully ordered semantics
> of atomic{,64}_{cmp,}xchg() and {cmp,}xchg(), as a complement of commit
> b97021f85517 ("powerpc: Fix atomic_xxx_return barrier semantics")
>
> This patch depends on patch "powerpc: Make value-returning atomics fully
> ordered" for PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER definition.
>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.4+
> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 16 ++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index ad6263c..d1a8d93 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ __xchg_u32(volatile void *p, unsigned long val)
> unsigned long prev;
>
> __asm__ __volatile__(
> - PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
> "1: lwarx %0,0,%2 \n"
> PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
> " stwcx. %3,0,%2 \n\
> bne- 1b"
> - PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
> : "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*(volatile unsigned int *)p)
> : "r" (p), "r" (val)
> : "cc", "memory");
> @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ __xchg_u64(volatile void *p, unsigned long val)
> unsigned long prev;
>
> __asm__ __volatile__(
> - PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
> "1: ldarx %0,0,%2 \n"
> PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
> " stdcx. %3,0,%2 \n\
> bne- 1b"
> - PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
> : "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*(volatile unsigned long *)p)
> : "r" (p), "r" (val)
> : "cc", "memory");
> @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ __cmpxchg_u32(volatile unsigned int *p, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
> unsigned int prev;
>
> __asm__ __volatile__ (
> - PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
> "1: lwarx %0,0,%2 # __cmpxchg_u32\n\
> cmpw 0,%0,%3\n\
> bne- 2f\n"
> PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
> " stwcx. %4,0,%2\n\
> bne- 1b"
> - PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
> "\n\
> 2:"
> : "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*p)
> @@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ __cmpxchg_u64(volatile unsigned long *p, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
> unsigned long prev;
>
> __asm__ __volatile__ (
> - PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
> "1: ldarx %0,0,%2 # __cmpxchg_u64\n\
> cmpd 0,%0,%3\n\
> bne- 2f\n\
> stdcx. %4,0,%2\n\
> bne- 1b"
> - PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> + PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
> "\n\
> 2:"
> : "=&r" (prev), "+m" (*p)
> --
> 2.6.2
>

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