Re: [PATCH 1/2] ipc/sem.c: Fix complex_count vs. simple op race

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2016, Manfred Spraul wrote:

What I'm not sure yet is if smp_load_acquire() is sufficient:

Thread A:
      if (!READ_ONCE(sma->complex_mode)) {
The code is test_and_test, no barrier requirements for first test

Yeah, it would just make us take the big lock unnecessarily, nothing fatal
and I agree its probably worth the optimization. It still might be worth
commenting.

               /*
                * It appears that no complex operation is around.
                * Acquire the per-semaphore lock.
                */
               spin_lock(&sem->lock);

               if (!smp_load_acquire(&sma->complex_mode)) {
                       /* fast path successful! */
                       return sops->sem_num;
               }
               spin_unlock(&sem->lock);
       }

Thread B:
      WRITE_ONCE(sma->complex_mode, true);

       /* We need a full barrier:
        * The write to complex_mode must be visible
        * before we read the first sem->lock spinlock state.
        */
       smp_mb();

       for (i = 0; i < sma->sem_nsems; i++) {
               sem = sma->sem_base + i;
               spin_unlock_wait(&sem->lock);
       }

If thread A is allowed to issue read_spinlock;read complex_mode;write spinlock, then thread B would not notice that thread A is in the critical section

Are you referring to the sem->lock word not being visibly locked before we
read complex_mode (for the second time)? This issue was fixed in 2c610022711
(locking/qspinlock: Fix spin_unlock_wait() some more). So smp_load_acquire
should be enough afaict, or are you referring to something else?

Thanks,
Davidlohr
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