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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] jump_labels: fix concurrent static_key_enable/disable()

Thanks for doing these patches, I hadn't come around to them yet.

On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 05:24:04PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
> +void static_key_enable(struct static_key *key)
> +{
> + STATIC_KEY_CHECK_USE();
> + if (atomic_read(&key->enabled) > 0) {
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&key->enabled) != 1);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + cpus_read_lock();
> + jump_label_lock();
> + if (atomic_read(&key->enabled) == 0) {
> + atomic_set(&key->enabled, -1);
> + jump_label_update(key);

As per the previous discussion, should I do a patch adding barriers here
(or using atomic_set_release()) such that we close the window where a
concurrent inc/enable sees 1 but not all text changes?

> + atomic_set(&key->enabled, 1);
> + }
> + jump_label_unlock();
> + cpus_read_unlock();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(static_key_enable);

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