locking/barriers: Introduce smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep()

Introduce smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(), this construct is not
uncommon, but the lack of this barrier is.

Use it to better express smp_rmb() uses in WRITE_ONCE(), the IPC
semaphore code and the qspinlock code.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 2bcaedc..59a7004 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -304,6 +304,17 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
        __u.__val;                                      \
 })
 
+/**
+ * smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() - Provide ACQUIRE ordering after a control dependency
+ *
+ * A control dependency provides a LOAD->STORE order, the additional RMB
+ * provides LOAD->LOAD order, together they provide LOAD->{LOAD,STORE} order,
+ * aka. (load)-ACQUIRE.
+ *
+ * Architectures that do not do load speculation can have this be barrier().
+ */
+#define smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep()          smp_rmb()
+
 /**
  * smp_cond_load_acquire() - (Spin) wait for cond with ACQUIRE ordering
  * @ptr: pointer to the variable to wait on
@@ -314,10 +325,6 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
  *
  * Due to C lacking lambda expressions we load the value of *ptr into a
  * pre-named variable @VAL to be used in @cond.
- *
- * The control dependency provides a LOAD->STORE order, the additional RMB
- * provides LOAD->LOAD order, together they provide LOAD->{LOAD,STORE} order,
- * aka. ACQUIRE.
  */
 #ifndef smp_cond_load_acquire
 #define smp_cond_load_acquire(ptr, cond_expr) ({               \
@@ -329,7 +336,7 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
                        break;                                  \
                cpu_relax();                                    \
        }                                                       \
-       smp_rmb(); /* ctrl + rmb := acquire */                  \
+       smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();                          \
        VAL;                                                    \
 })
 #endif

diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
index b3757ea..84dff3d 100644 (file)
--- a/ipc/sem.c
+++ b/ipc/sem.c
@@ -259,16 +259,6 @@ static void sem_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *head)
        ipc_rcu_free(head);
 }
 
-/*
- * spin_unlock_wait() and !spin_is_locked() are not memory barriers, they
- * are only control barriers.
- * The code must pair with spin_unlock(&sem->lock) or
- * spin_unlock(&sem_perm.lock), thus just the control barrier is insufficient.
- *
- * smp_rmb() is sufficient, as writes cannot pass the control barrier.
- */
-#define ipc_smp_acquire__after_spin_is_unlocked()      smp_rmb()
-
 /*
  * Wait until all currently ongoing simple ops have completed.
  * Caller must own sem_perm.lock.
@@ -292,7 +282,7 @@ static void sem_wait_array(struct sem_array *sma)
                sem = sma->sem_base + i;
                spin_unlock_wait(&sem->lock);
        }
-       ipc_smp_acquire__after_spin_is_unlocked();
+       smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -350,7 +340,7 @@ static inline int sem_lock(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops,
                         *      complex_count++;
                         *      spin_unlock(sem_perm.lock);
                         */
-                       ipc_smp_acquire__after_spin_is_unlocked();
+                       smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
 
                        /*
                         * Now repeat the test of complex_count:

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index 1b8dda9..7306555 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void queued_spin_unlock_wait(struct qspinlock *lock)
                cpu_relax();
 
 done:
-       smp_rmb(); /* CTRL + RMB -> ACQUIRE */
+       smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_spin_unlock_wait);
 #endif