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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
index 35a52a880b2f..6bd05700d8c9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h
@@ -28,7 +28,30 @@
*/
static __always_inline int queued_spin_is_locked(struct qspinlock *lock)
{
- return atomic_read(&lock->val);
+ /*
+ * queued_spin_lock_slowpath() can ACQUIRE the lock before
+ * issuing the unordered store that sets _Q_LOCKED_VAL.
+ *
+ * See both smp_cond_acquire() sites for more detail.
+ *
+ * This however means that in code like:
+ *
+ * spin_lock(A) spin_lock(B)
+ * spin_unlock_wait(B) spin_is_locked(A)
+ * do_something() do_something()
+ *
+ * Both CPUs can end up running do_something() because the store
+ * setting _Q_LOCKED_VAL will pass through the loads in
+ * spin_unlock_wait() and/or spin_is_locked().
+ *
+ * Avoid this by issuing a full memory barrier between the spin_lock()
+ * and the loads in spin_unlock_wait() and spin_is_locked().
+ *
+ * Note that regular mutual exclusion doesn't care about this
+ * delayed store.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
+ return atomic_read(&lock->val) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK;
}
/**
@@ -108,6 +131,8 @@ static __always_inline void queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
*/
static inline void queued_spin_unlock_wait(struct qspinlock *lock)
{
+ /* See queued_spin_is_locked() */
+ smp_mb();
while (atomic_read(&lock->val) & _Q_LOCKED_MASK)
cpu_relax();
}