Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:38:10 -0700 | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/6] ipc/mqueue.c: Update/document memory barriers |
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On Sat, 12 Oct 2019, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>Update and document memory barriers for mqueue.c: >- ewp->state is read without any locks, thus READ_ONCE is required. > >- add smp_aquire__after_ctrl_dep() after the READ_ONCE, we need > acquire semantics if the value is STATE_READY. > >- add an explicit memory barrier to __pipelined_op(), the > refcount must have been increased before the updated state becomes > visible > >- document why __set_current_state() may be used: > Reading task->state cannot happen before the wake_q_add() call, > which happens while holding info->lock. Thus the spin_unlock() > is the RELEASE, and the spin_lock() is the ACQUIRE. > >For completeness: there is also a 3 CPU szenario, if the to be woken ^^^ scenario
>up task is already on another wake_q. >Then: >- CPU1: spin_unlock() of the task that goes to sleep is the RELEASE >- CPU2: the spin_lock() of the waker is the ACQUIRE >- CPU2: smp_mb__before_atomic inside wake_q_add() is the RELEASE >- CPU3: smp_mb__after_spinlock() inside try_to_wake_up() is the ACQUIRE > >Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> >Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> >Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Without considering the smp_store_release() in __pipelined_op(), feel free to add my:
Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
>--- > ipc/mqueue.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c >index be48c0ba92f7..b80574822f0a 100644 >--- a/ipc/mqueue.c >+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c >@@ -646,18 +646,26 @@ static int wq_sleep(struct mqueue_inode_info *info, int sr, > wq_add(info, sr, ewp); > > for (;;) { >+ /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ > __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); > > spin_unlock(&info->lock); > time = schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock(timeout, 0, > HRTIMER_MODE_ABS, CLOCK_REALTIME); > >- if (ewp->state == STATE_READY) { >+ if (READ_ONCE(ewp->state) == STATE_READY) { >+ /* >+ * Pairs, together with READ_ONCE(), with >+ * the barrier in __pipelined_op(). >+ */ >+ smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(); > retval = 0; > goto out; > } > spin_lock(&info->lock); >- if (ewp->state == STATE_READY) { >+ >+ /* we hold info->lock, so no memory barrier required */ >+ if (READ_ONCE(ewp->state) == STATE_READY) { > retval = 0; > goto out_unlock; > } >@@ -925,14 +933,12 @@ static inline void __pipelined_op(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, > list_del(&this->list); > wake_q_add(wake_q, this->task); > /* >- * Rely on the implicit cmpxchg barrier from wake_q_add such >- * that we can ensure that updating receiver->state is the last >- * write operation: As once set, the receiver can continue, >- * and if we don't have the reference count from the wake_q, >- * yet, at that point we can later have a use-after-free >- * condition and bogus wakeup. >+ * The barrier is required to ensure that the refcount increase >+ * inside wake_q_add() is completed before the state is updated. >+ * >+ * The barrier pairs with READ_ONCE()+smp_mb__after_ctrl_dep(). > */ >- this->state = STATE_READY; >+ smp_store_release(&this->state, STATE_READY); > } > > /* pipelined_send() - send a message directly to the task waiting in >@@ -1049,7 +1055,9 @@ static int do_mq_timedsend(mqd_t mqdes, const char __user *u_msg_ptr, > } else { > wait.task = current; > wait.msg = (void *) msg_ptr; >- wait.state = STATE_NONE; >+ >+ /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ >+ WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); > ret = wq_sleep(info, SEND, timeout, &wait); > /* > * wq_sleep must be called with info->lock held, and >@@ -1152,7 +1160,9 @@ static int do_mq_timedreceive(mqd_t mqdes, char __user *u_msg_ptr, > ret = -EAGAIN; > } else { > wait.task = current; >- wait.state = STATE_NONE; >+ >+ /* memory barrier not required, we hold info->lock */ >+ WRITE_ONCE(wait.state, STATE_NONE); > ret = wq_sleep(info, RECV, timeout, &wait); > msg_ptr = wait.msg; > } >-- >2.21.0 >
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