3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 4560e7c3317c7a2b370e36dadd3a3bac2ed70818 upstream. Use the ACCESS_ONCE macro for both accesses to idle->sequence in the loops to calculate the idle time. If only one access uses the macro, the compiler is free to cache the value for the second access which can cause endless loops. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/s390/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++-- arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c @@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static ssize_t show_idle_count(struct de idle_count = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->idle_count); if (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter)) idle_count++; - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", idle_count); } static DEVICE_ATTR(idle_count, 0444, show_idle_count, NULL); @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ static ssize_t show_idle_time(struct dev idle_time = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->idle_time); idle_enter = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter); idle_exit = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit); - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); idle_time += idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ? : now) - idle_enter) : 0; return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", idle_time >> 12); } --- a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ cputime64_t s390_get_idle_time(int cpu) sequence = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence); idle_enter = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter); idle_exit = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit); - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); return idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ?: now) - idle_enter) : 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html