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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/ring_buffer.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 383cde476176..6ed16ecfd0a3 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -141,15 +141,7 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
perf_output_get_handle(handle);
do {
- /*
- * Userspace could choose to issue a mb() before updating the
- * tail pointer. So that all reads will be completed before the
- * write is issued.
- *
- * See perf_output_put_handle().
- */
tail = ACCESS_ONCE(rb->user_page->data_tail);
- smp_mb();
offset = head = local_read(&rb->head);
if (!rb->overwrite &&
unlikely(CIRC_SPACE(head, tail, perf_data_size(rb)) < size))
@@ -157,6 +149,15 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
head += size;
} while (local_cmpxchg(&rb->head, offset, head) != offset);
+ /*
+ * Separate the userpage->tail read from the data stores below.
+ * Matches the MB userspace SHOULD issue after reading the data
+ * and before storing the new tail position.
+ *
+ * See perf_output_put_handle().
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+
if (unlikely(head - local_read(&rb->wakeup) > rb->watermark))
local_add(rb->watermark, &rb->wakeup);