On Thu 21-12-17 06:25:55, Jeff Layton wrote: > Got it, I think. How about this (sorry for the unrelated deltas here): > > [PATCH] SQUASH: add memory barriers around i_version accesses Yep, this looks good to me. Honza > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/iversion.h | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- > 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/iversion.h b/include/linux/iversion.h > index a9fbf99709df..1b3b5ed7c5b8 100644 > --- a/include/linux/iversion.h > +++ b/include/linux/iversion.h > @@ -89,6 +89,23 @@ inode_set_iversion_raw(struct inode *inode, const u64 val) > atomic64_set(&inode->i_version, val); > } > > +/** > + * inode_peek_iversion_raw - grab a "raw" iversion value > + * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read > + * > + * Grab a "raw" inode->i_version value and return it. The i_version is not > + * flagged or converted in any way. This is mostly used to access a self-managed > + * i_version. > + * > + * With those filesystems, we want to treat the i_version as an entirely > + * opaque value. > + */ > +static inline u64 > +inode_peek_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode) > +{ > + return atomic64_read(&inode->i_version); > +} > + > /** > * inode_set_iversion - set i_version to a particular value > * @inode: inode to set > @@ -152,7 +169,18 @@ inode_maybe_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode, bool force) > { > u64 cur, old, new; > > - cur = (u64)atomic64_read(&inode->i_version); > + /* > + * The i_version field is not strictly ordered with any other inode > + * information, but the legacy inode_inc_iversion code used a spinlock > + * to serialize increments. > + * > + * Here, we add full memory barriers to ensure that any de-facto > + * ordering with other info is preserved. > + * > + * This barrier pairs with the barrier in inode_query_iversion() > + */ > + smp_mb(); > + cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode); > for (;;) { > /* If flag is clear then we needn't do anything */ > if (!force && !(cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED)) > @@ -183,23 +211,6 @@ inode_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode) > inode_maybe_inc_iversion(inode, true); > } > > -/** > - * inode_peek_iversion_raw - grab a "raw" iversion value > - * @inode: inode from which i_version should be read > - * > - * Grab a "raw" inode->i_version value and return it. The i_version is not > - * flagged or converted in any way. This is mostly used to access a self-managed > - * i_version. > - * > - * With those filesystems, we want to treat the i_version as an entirely > - * opaque value. > - */ > -static inline u64 > -inode_peek_iversion_raw(const struct inode *inode) > -{ > - return atomic64_read(&inode->i_version); > -} > - > /** > * inode_iversion_need_inc - is the i_version in need of being incremented? > * @inode: inode to check > @@ -248,15 +259,22 @@ inode_query_iversion(struct inode *inode) > { > u64 cur, old, new; > > - cur = atomic64_read(&inode->i_version); > + cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode); > for (;;) { > /* If flag is already set, then no need to swap */ > - if (cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED) > + if (cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED) { > + /* > + * This barrier (and the implicit barrier in the > + * cmpxchg below) pairs with the barrier in > + * inode_maybe_inc_iversion(). > + */ > + smp_mb(); > break; > + } > > new = cur | I_VERSION_QUERIED; > old = atomic64_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, cur, new); > - if (old == cur) > + if (likely(old == cur)) > break; > cur = old; > } > -- > 2.14.3 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html