On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 06:45:53PM +0300, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> commit 47933ad41a86 ("arch: Introduce smp_load_acquire(), 
> smp_store_release()")
> allowed only 4- and 8-byte smp_load_acquire, smp_store_release.
> So 1- and 2-byte cases weren't implemented in arm64.
> Later commit 536fa402221f ("compiler: Allow 1- and 2-byte smp_load_acquire()
>                               and smp_store_release()")
> allowed to use 1 and 2 byte smp_load_acquire and smp_store_release
> by adjusting the definition of __native_word().
> However, 1-,2- byte cases in arm64 version left unimplemented.
> 
> Commit 8053871d0f7f ("smp: Fix smp_call_function_single_async() locking")
> started to use smp_load_acquire() to load 2-bytes csd->flags.
> That crashes arm64 kernel during the boot.
> 
> Implement 1,2 byte cases in arm64's  smp_load_acquire()
> and smp_store_release() to fix this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabi...@samsung.com>

I am introducing a similar smp_load_acquire() case in rcutorture to
replace use of explicit memory barriers, so thank you!  ;-)

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h 
> b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> index a5abb00..71f19c4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ do {                                                       
>                 \
>  do {                                                                 \
>       compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);                             \
>       switch (sizeof(*p)) {                                           \
> +     case 1:                                                         \
> +             asm volatile ("stlrb %w1, %0"                           \
> +                             : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory");      \
> +             break;                                                  \
> +     case 2:                                                         \
> +             asm volatile ("stlrh %w1, %0"                           \
> +                             : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory");      \
> +             break;                                                  \
>       case 4:                                                         \
>               asm volatile ("stlr %w1, %0"                            \
>                               : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory");      \
> @@ -81,6 +89,14 @@ do {                                                       
>                 \
>       typeof(*p) ___p1;                                               \
>       compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);                             \
>       switch (sizeof(*p)) {                                           \
> +     case 1:                                                         \
> +             asm volatile ("ldarb %w0, %1"                           \
> +                     : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory");          \
> +             break;                                                  \
> +     case 2:                                                         \
> +             asm volatile ("ldarh %w0, %1"                           \
> +                     : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory");          \
> +             break;                                                  \
>       case 4:                                                         \
>               asm volatile ("ldar %w0, %1"                            \
>                       : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory");          \
> -- 
> 2.3.5
> 

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