The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: 7e937220afa3eada0d4611b31e4e3c60770e39b4 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7e937220afa3eada0d4611b31e4e3c60770e39b4 Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:25:29 -08:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:53:24 -07:00 rcu: Add explicit barrier() to __rcu_read_unlock() Because preemptible RCU's __rcu_read_unlock() is an external function, the rough equivalent of an implicit barrier() is inserted by the compiler. Except that there is a direct call to __rcu_read_unlock() in that same file, and compilers are getting to the point where they might choose to inline the fastpath of the __rcu_read_unlock() function. This commit therefore adds an explicit barrier() to the very beginning of __rcu_read_unlock(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 2d60377..a32494c 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ void __rcu_read_unlock(void) { struct task_struct *t = current; + barrier(); // critical section before exit code. if (rcu_preempt_read_exit() == 0) { - barrier(); /* critical section before exit code. */ + barrier(); // critical-section exit before .s check. if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(t->rcu_read_unlock_special.s))) rcu_read_unlock_special(t); }