On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 01:13:24PM -0800, Peter Oskolkov wrote: > + while (true) { (you have 2 inf. loops in umcg and you chose a different expression for each) > + u64 umcg_state; > + > + /* > + * We need to read from userspace _after_ the task is marked > + * TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, to properly handle concurrent wakeups; > + * but faulting is not allowed; so we try a fast no-fault read, > + * and if it fails, pin the page temporarily. > + */ That comment is misleading! Faulting *is* allowed, but it can scribble __state. If faulting would not be allowed, you wouldn't be able to call pin_user_pages_fast(). > +retry_once: > + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); > + > + /* Order set_current_state above with get_user below. */ > + smp_mb(); And just in case you hadn't yet seen, that smp_mb() is implied by set_current_state(). > + ret = -EFAULT; > + if (get_user_nofault(umcg_state, &self->state_ts)) { > + set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); > + > + if (pinned_page) > + goto out; > + else if (1 != pin_user_pages_fast((unsigned long)self, > + 1, 0, &pinned_page)) That else is pointless, and that '1 != foo' coding style is evil. > + goto out; > + > + goto retry_once; > + } And, as you could've seen from the big patch, all that goto isn't actually needed here, break / continue seem to be sufficient. > + > + if (pinned_page) { > + unpin_user_page(pinned_page); > + pinned_page = NULL; > + }