The patch titled
Subject: ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix.patch
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael Aquini <aquini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/sem.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN ipc/sem.c~ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix ipc/sem.c
--- a/ipc/sem.c~ipc-semc-chance-memory-barrier-in-sem_lock-to-smp_rmb-fix-fix
+++ a/ipc/sem.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static inline int sem_lock(struct sem_ar
* The ipc object lock check must be visible on all
* cores before rechecking the complex count. Otherwise
* we can race with another thread that does:
- * complex_count++++;
+ * complex_count++;
* spin_unlock(sem_perm.lock);
*/
smp_rmb();
_
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