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Because there is not guaranteed to be a full memory barrier between
the ->srcu_unlock_count increment of an srcu_read_unlock() and the
->srcu_lock_count increment of the next srcu_read_lock(), this next
srcu_read_lock() is not guaranteed to see the effect of the index flip
just prior to this comment. However, this next srcu_read_lock() will
execute a full memory barrier, so the srcu_read_lock() after that is
guaranteed to see that index flip.
This guarantee is illustrated by the following diagram of events and
the litmus test following that.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
READER UPDATER
------------- ----------
// idx is initially 0.
srcu_flip() {
smp_mb();
// RSCS
srcu_read_unlock() {
smp_mb();
idx++; // P
smp_mb(); // QQ
}
srcu_readers_unlock_idx(0) {
,--counted------------ count all unlock[0]; // Q
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unlock[0]++; // X
}
smp_mb();
srcu_read_lock() {
READ(idx) = 0; ,---- count all lock[0]; // contributes imbalance of 1.
lock[0]++; ----counted |
smp_mb(); // PP } |
} |
|
// RSCS not going to effect above scan
|
srcu_read_unlock() { |
smp_mb(); |
unlock[0]++; |
} |
/
/
srcu_read_lock() { |
READ(idx); // Y -----cannot be counted because of P (has to sample idx as 1)
lock[1]++;
...
}
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This makes it similar to the store buffer pattern. Using X, Y, P and Q
annotated above, we get:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
READER UPDATER
X (write) P (write)
smp_mb(); //PP smp_mb(); //QQ
Y (read) Q (read)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASCII art courtesy of Joel Fernandes.
Reported-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Reported-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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| Kconfig | ||
| Kconfig.debug | ||
| Makefile | ||
| rcu_segcblist.c | ||
| rcu_segcblist.h | ||
| rcu.h | ||
| rcuscale.c | ||
| rcutorture.c | ||
| refscale.c | ||
| srcutiny.c | ||
| srcutree.c | ||
| sync.c | ||
| tasks.h | ||
| tiny.c | ||
| tree_exp.h | ||
| tree_nocb.h | ||
| tree_plugin.h | ||
| tree_stall.h | ||
| tree.c | ||
| tree.h | ||
| update.c | ||