tree 6303341c93961e8dd47abe6d1d4a31ad833a0e78
parent 719af93ab78eaaccdb2fa727268da6b477804bfb
author Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> 1464347477 +0200
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 1464935845 +0200

locking/seqcount: Re-fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()

Commit 50755bc1c305 ("seqlock: fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()") broke
raw_read_seqcount_latch().

If you look at the comment that was modified; the thing that changes is
the seq count, not the latch pointer.

 * void latch_modify(struct latch_struct *latch, ...)
 * {
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the last data[1] update is visible
 *	latch->seq++;
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the seqcount update is visible
 *
 *	modify(latch->data[0], ...);
 *
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the data[0] update is visible
 *	latch->seq++;
 *	smp_wmb();	<- Ensure that the seqcount update is visible
 *
 *	modify(latch->data[1], ...);
 * }
 *
 * The query will have a form like:
 *
 * struct entry *latch_query(struct latch_struct *latch, ...)
 * {
 *	struct entry *entry;
 *	unsigned seq, idx;
 *
 *	do {
 *		seq = lockless_dereference(latch->seq);

So here we have:

		seq = READ_ONCE(latch->seq);
		smp_read_barrier_depends();

Which is exactly what we want; the new code:

		seq = ({ p = READ_ONCE(latch);
			 smp_read_barrier_depends(); p })->seq;

is just wrong; because it looses the volatile read on seq, which can now
be torn or worse 'optimized'. And the read_depend barrier is also placed
wrong, we want it after the load of seq, to match the above data[]
up-to-date wmb()s.

Such that when we dereference latch->data[] below, we're guaranteed to
observe the right data.

 *
 *		idx = seq & 0x01;
 *		entry = data_query(latch->data[idx], ...);
 *
 *		smp_rmb();
 *	} while (seq != latch->seq);
 *
 *	return entry;
 * }

So yes, not passing a pointer is not pretty, but the code was correct,
and isn't anymore now.

Change to explicit READ_ONCE()+smp_read_barrier_depends() to avoid
confusion and allow strict lockless_dereference() checking.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fixes: 50755bc1c305 ("seqlock: fix raw_read_seqcount_latch()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160527111117.GL3192@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>