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Subject[PATCH] kernfs: fix barrier usage in __kernfs_new_node()
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smp_mb__before_atomic() can not be applied to atomic_set().  Remove the
barrier and rely on RELEASE synchronization.

Fixes: ba16b2846a8c6 ("kernfs: add an API to get kernfs node from inode number")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
---
fs/kernfs/dir.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index b84d635567d38..1e7a74b8e0647 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -650,11 +650,10 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
kn->id.generation = gen;

/*
- * set ino first. This barrier is paired with atomic_inc_not_zero in
+ * set ino first. This RELEASE is paired with atomic_inc_not_zero in
* kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino
*/
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
- atomic_set(&kn->count, 1);
+ atomic_set_release(&kn->count, 1);
atomic_set(&kn->active, KN_DEACTIVATED_BIAS);
RB_CLEAR_NODE(&kn->rb);

--
2.7.4
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