This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
epoll: prevent missed events on EPOLL_CTL_MOD
to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Herton
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>From 318ea9d60ee27838448a04a898ef67249f2e79bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 21:20:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] epoll: prevent missed events on EPOLL_CTL_MOD
commit 128dd1759d96ad36c379240f8b9463e8acfd37a1 upstream.
EPOLL_CTL_MOD sets the interest mask before calling f_op->poll() to
ensure events are not missed. Since the modifications to the interest
mask are not protected by the same lock as ep_poll_callback, we need to
ensure the change is visible to other CPUs calling ep_poll_callback.
We also need to ensure f_op->poll() has an up-to-date view of past
events which occured before we modified the interest mask. So this
barrier also pairs with the barrier in wq_has_sleeper().
This should guarantee either ep_poll_callback or f_op->poll() (or both)
will notice the readiness of a recently-ready/modified item.
This issue was encountered by Andreas Voellmy and Junchang(Jason) Wang in:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1408782/
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Voellmy <andreas.voellmy@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: "Junchang(Jason) Wang" <junchang.wang@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 1c8b556..dd1a55d 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi, struct epoll_even
* otherwise we might miss an event that happens between the
* f_op->poll() call and the new event set registering.
*/
- epi->event.events = event->events;
+ epi->event.events = event->events; /* need barrier below */
pt._key = event->events;
epi->event.data = event->data; /* protected by mtx */
if (epi->event.events & EPOLLWAKEUP) {
@@ -1296,6 +1296,26 @@ static int ep_modify(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epitem *epi, struct epoll_even
}
/*
+ * The following barrier has two effects:
+ *
+ * 1) Flush epi changes above to other CPUs. This ensures
+ * we do not miss events from ep_poll_callback if an
+ * event occurs immediately after we call f_op->poll().
+ * We need this because we did not take ep->lock while
+ * changing epi above (but ep_poll_callback does take
+ * ep->lock).
+ *
+ * 2) We also need to ensure we do not miss _past_ events
+ * when calling f_op->poll(). This barrier also
+ * pairs with the barrier in wq_has_sleeper (see
+ * comments for wq_has_sleeper).
+ *
+ * This barrier will now guarantee ep_poll_callback or f_op->poll
+ * (or both) will notice the readiness of an item.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
+ /*
* Get current event bits. We can safely use the file* here because
* its usage count has been increased by the caller of this function.
*/
--
1.7.9.5
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