3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 7e467245bf5226db34c4b12d3cbacfa2f7a15a8b upstream.
We would get wrong results in compiler recomputed old_pmd. Avoid
that by using ACCESS_ONCE
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ int __hash_page_thp(unsigned long ea, un
* atomically mark the linux large page PMD busy and dirty
*/
do {
- old_pmd = pmd_val(*pmdp);
+ pmd_t pmd = ACCESS_ONCE(*pmdp);
+
+ old_pmd = pmd_val(pmd);
/* If PMD busy, retry the access */
if (unlikely(old_pmd & _PAGE_BUSY))
return 0;
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