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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-20 16:48:59 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-20 16:48:59 -0800
commit60815cf2e05057db5b78e398d9734c493560b11e (patch)
tree23d7f55df13cc5a0c072cc8a6f361f8e7050b825 /mm
parentbfc7249cc293deac8f2678b7ec3d2407b68c0a33 (diff)
parent5de72a2247ac05bde7c89039631b3d0c6186fafb (diff)
downloadlinux-60815cf2e05057db5b78e398d9734c493560b11e.tar.gz
Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/borntraeger/linux
Pull ACCESS_ONCE cleanup preparation from Christian Borntraeger:
 "kernel: Provide READ_ONCE and ASSIGN_ONCE

  As discussed on LKML http://marc.info/?i=54611D86.4040306%40de.ibm.com
  ACCESS_ONCE might fail with specific compilers for non-scalar
  accesses.

  Here is a set of patches to tackle that problem.

  The first patch introduce READ_ONCE and ASSIGN_ONCE.  If the data
  structure is larger than the machine word size memcpy is used and a
  warning is emitted.  The next patches fix up several in-tree users of
  ACCESS_ONCE on non-scalar types.

  This does not yet contain a patch that forces ACCESS_ONCE to work only
  on scalar types.  This is targetted for the next merge window as Linux
  next already contains new offenders regarding ACCESS_ONCE vs.
  non-scalar types"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/borntraeger/linux:
  s390/kvm: REPLACE barrier fixup with READ_ONCE
  arm/spinlock: Replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE
  arm64/spinlock: Replace ACCESS_ONCE READ_ONCE
  mips/gup: Replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE
  x86/gup: Replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE
  x86/spinlock: Replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE
  mm: replace ACCESS_ONCE with READ_ONCE or barriers
  kernel: Provide READ_ONCE and ASSIGN_ONCE
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/gup.c2
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c11
-rw-r--r--mm/rmap.c3
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 0ca1df9075ab..a900759cc807 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 
 	pudp = pud_offset(&pgd, addr);
 	do {
-		pud_t pud = ACCESS_ONCE(*pudp);
+		pud_t pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
 
 		next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
 		if (pud_none(pud))
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d8aebc52265f..649e7d440bd7 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3195,7 +3195,16 @@ static int handle_pte_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	pte_t entry;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
-	entry = ACCESS_ONCE(*pte);
+	/*
+	 * some architectures can have larger ptes than wordsize,
+	 * e.g.ppc44x-defconfig has CONFIG_PTE_64BIT=y and CONFIG_32BIT=y,
+	 * so READ_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE cannot guarantee atomic accesses.
+	 * The code below just needs a consistent view for the ifs and
+	 * we later double check anyway with the ptl lock held. So here
+	 * a barrier will do.
+	 */
+	entry = *pte;
+	barrier();
 	if (!pte_present(entry)) {
 		if (pte_none(entry)) {
 			if (vma->vm_ops) {
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 45ba250babd8..c5bc241127b2 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ pmd_t *mm_find_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address)
 	 * without holding anon_vma lock for write.  So when looking for a
 	 * genuine pmde (in which to find pte), test present and !THP together.
 	 */
-	pmde = ACCESS_ONCE(*pmd);
+	pmde = *pmd;
+	barrier();
 	if (!pmd_present(pmde) || pmd_trans_huge(pmde))
 		pmd = NULL;
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