[PATCH 1/2] mm: Add missing release barrier on PGDAT_RECLAIM_LOCKED unlock

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Mar 12 2025 - 10:10:39 EST


The PGDAT_RECLAIM_LOCKED bit is used to provide mutual exclusion of
node reclaim for struct pglist_data using a single bit.

It is "locked" with a test_and_set_bit (similarly to a try lock) which
provides full ordering with respect to loads and stores done within
__node_reclaim().

It is "unlocked" with clear_bit(), which does not provide any ordering
with respect to loads and stores done before clearing the bit.

The lack of clear_bit() memory ordering with respect to stores within
__node_reclaim() can cause a subsequent CPU to fail to observe stores
from a prior node reclaim. This is not an issue in practice on TSO (e.g.
x86), but it is an issue on weakly-ordered architectures (e.g. arm64).

Fix this by using clear_bit_unlock rather than clear_bit to clear
PGDAT_RECLAIM_LOCKED with a release memory ordering semantic.

This provides stronger memory ordering (release rather than relaxed).

Fixes: d773ed6b856a ("mm: test and set zone reclaim lock before starting reclaim")
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
---
mm/vmscan.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index c22175120f5d..d7e27d5c24e7 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -7571,7 +7571,7 @@ int node_reclaim(struct pglist_data *pgdat, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
return NODE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN;

ret = __node_reclaim(pgdat, gfp_mask, order);
- clear_bit(PGDAT_RECLAIM_LOCKED, &pgdat->flags);
+ clear_bit_unlock(PGDAT_RECLAIM_LOCKED, &pgdat->flags);

if (ret)
count_vm_event(PGSCAN_ZONE_RECLAIM_SUCCESS);
--
2.25.1