The LOAD-ACQUIRE access performed on rdp->nocb_cb_sleep advertizes
ordering callback execution against grace period completion. However
this is contradicted by the following:
* This LOAD-ACQUIRE doesn't pair with anything. The only counterpart
barrier that can be found is the smp_mb() placed after callbacks
advancing in nocb_gp_wait(). However the barrier is placed _after_
->nocb_cb_sleep write.
* Callbacks can be concurrently advanced between the LOAD-ACQUIRE on
->nocb_cb_sleep and the call to rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs() in
rcu_do_batch(), making any ordering based on ->nocb_cb_sleep broken.
* Both rcu_segcblist_extract_done_cbs() and rcu_advance_cbs() are called
under the nocb_lock, the latter hereby providing already the desired
ACQUIRE semantics.
Therefore it is safe to access ->nocb_cb_sleep with a simple compiler
barrier.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index aecef51166c7..eb27878d46f1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -933,8 +933,7 @@ static void nocb_cb_wait(struct rcu_data *rdp)
swait_event_interruptible_exclusive(rdp->nocb_cb_wq,
nocb_cb_wait_cond(rdp));
- // VVV Ensure CB invocation follows _sleep test.
- if (smp_load_acquire(&rdp->nocb_cb_sleep)) { // ^^^
+ if (READ_ONCE(rdp->nocb_cb_sleep)) {
WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu, TPS("WokeEmpty"));
}
--
2.42.1
