This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
maple_tree: remove extra smp_wmb() from mas_dead_leaves()
to the 6.2-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
maple_tree-remove-extra-smp_wmb-from-mas_dead_leaves.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.2 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tue Apr 11 17:13:37 2023
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:10:52 -0400
Subject: maple_tree: remove extra smp_wmb() from mas_dead_leaves()
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: maple-tree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>, Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20230411151055.2910579-12-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 8372f4d83f96f35915106093cde4565836587123 upstream.
The call to mte_set_dead_node() before the smp_wmb() already calls
smp_wmb() so this is not needed. This is an optimization for the RCU mode
of the maple tree.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230227173632.3292573-5-surenb@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liam Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/maple_tree.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -5500,7 +5500,6 @@ unsigned char mas_dead_leaves(struct ma_
break;
mte_set_node_dead(entry);
- smp_wmb(); /* Needed for RCU */
node->type = type;
rcu_assign_pointer(slots[offset], node);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stable-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.2/maple_tree-fix-potential-rcu-issue.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-add-smp_rmb-to-dead-node-detection.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-add-rcu-lock-checking-to-rcu-callback-functions.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-fix-handle-of-invalidated-state-in-mas_wr_store_setup.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-reduce-user-error-potential.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-fix-mas_prev-and-mas_find-state-handling.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-remove-gfp_zero-from-kmem_cache_alloc-and-kmem_cache_alloc_bulk.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-be-more-cautious-about-dead-nodes.patch
queue-6.2/mm-enable-maple-tree-rcu-mode-by-default.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-detect-dead-nodes-in-mas_start.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-fix-freeing-of-nodes-in-rcu-mode.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-remove-extra-smp_wmb-from-mas_dead_leaves.patch
queue-6.2/maple_tree-refine-ma_state-init-from-mas_start.patch
