Re: [RESEND PATCH] fs/pipe: Introduce a check to skip sleeping processes during pipe read/write

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 12/28, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>
> On 12/28/24 4:22 PM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> >Now suppose that another CPU executes wake() between LOAD(CONDITION)
> >and list_add(entry, head). With your patch wait() will miss the event.
> >The same for __pollwait(), I think...

...

> It could still work for prepare_to_wait and thus fs/pipe, since then the
> smb_mb() in set_current_state prevents earlier execution.

Not sure, please see the note about __pollwait() above.

I think that your patch (and the original patch from WangYuli) has the same
proble with pipe_poll()->poll_wait()->__pollwait().

Oleg.