@@ -983,15 +983,15 @@ static bool try_check_zero(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx, int trycount)
static void srcu_flip(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
{
/*
- * Ensure that if this updater saw a given reader's increment
- * from __srcu_read_lock(), that reader was using an old value
- * of ->srcu_idx. Also ensure that if a given reader sees the
- * new value of ->srcu_idx, this updater's earlier scans cannot
- * have seen that reader's increments (which is OK, because this
- * grace period need not wait on that reader).
+ * Control dependencies on both reader and updater side ensures that if
+ * this updater saw a given reader's increment from __srcu_read_lock(),
+ * that reader was using an old value of ->srcu_idx. Also ensures that
+ * if a given reader sees the new value of ->srcu_idx, this updater's
+ * earlier scans cannot have seen that reader's increments (which is
+ * OK, because this grace period need not wait on that reader).
+ *
+ * So no need for an smp_mb() before incrementing srcu_idx.
*/
- smp_mb(); /* E */ /* Pairs with B and C. */
-
WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1);
/*
During a flip, we have a full memory barrier before srcu_idx is incremented. The idea is we intend to order the first phase scan's read of lock counters with the flipping of the index. However, such ordering is already enforced because of the control-dependency between the 2 scans. We would be flipping the index only if lock and unlock counts matched. But such match will not happen if there was a pending reader before the flip in the first place (observation courtesy Mathieu Desnoyers). The litmus test below shows this: (test courtesy Frederic Weisbecker, Changes for ctrldep by Boqun/me): C srcu (* * bad condition: P0's first scan (SCAN1) saw P1's idx=0 LOCK count inc, though P1 saw flip. * * So basically, the ->po ordering on both P0 and P1 is enforced via ->ppo * (control deps) on both sides, and both P0 and P1 are interconnected by ->rf * relations. Combining the ->ppo with ->rf, a cycle is impossible. *) {} // updater P0(int *IDX, int *LOCK0, int *UNLOCK0, int *LOCK1, int *UNLOCK1) { int lock1; int unlock1; int lock0; int unlock0; // SCAN1 unlock1 = READ_ONCE(*UNLOCK1); smp_mb(); // A lock1 = READ_ONCE(*LOCK1); // FLIP if (lock1 == unlock1) { // Control dep smp_mb(); // E // Remove E and still passes. WRITE_ONCE(*IDX, 1); smp_mb(); // D // SCAN2 unlock0 = READ_ONCE(*UNLOCK0); smp_mb(); // A lock0 = READ_ONCE(*LOCK0); } } // reader P1(int *IDX, int *LOCK0, int *UNLOCK0, int *LOCK1, int *UNLOCK1) { int tmp; int idx1; int idx2; // 1st reader idx1 = READ_ONCE(*IDX); if (idx1 == 0) { // Control dep tmp = READ_ONCE(*LOCK0); WRITE_ONCE(*LOCK0, tmp + 1); smp_mb(); /* B and C */ tmp = READ_ONCE(*UNLOCK0); WRITE_ONCE(*UNLOCK0, tmp + 1); } else { tmp = READ_ONCE(*LOCK1); WRITE_ONCE(*LOCK1, tmp + 1); smp_mb(); /* B and C */ tmp = READ_ONCE(*UNLOCK1); WRITE_ONCE(*UNLOCK1, tmp + 1); } } exists (0:lock1=1 /\ 1:idx1=1) Co-developed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Co-developed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Co-developed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> --- v1->v2: Update changelog, keep old comments. kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)