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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kthread.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kthread.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c index 933a625621b8..e6aa66551241 100644 --- a/kernel/kthread.c +++ b/kernel/kthread.c @@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) tsk->active_mm = mm; } tsk->mm = mm; + membarrier_update_current_mm(mm); switch_mm_irqs_off(active_mm, mm, tsk); local_irq_enable(); task_unlock(tsk); @@ -1256,8 +1257,19 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) finish_arch_post_lock_switch(); #endif + /* + * When a kthread starts operating on an address space, the loop + * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe + * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a + * memory barrier after storing to tsk->mm, before accessing + * user-space memory. A full memory barrier for membarrier + * {PRIVATE,GLOBAL}_EXPEDITED is implicitly provided by + * mmdrop(), or explicitly with smp_mb(). + */ if (active_mm != mm) mmdrop(active_mm); + else + smp_mb(); to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = force_uaccess_begin(); } @@ -1277,9 +1289,18 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) force_uaccess_end(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs); task_lock(tsk); + /* + * When a kthread stops operating on an address space, the loop + * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe + * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a + * memory barrier after accessing user-space memory, before + * clearing tsk->mm. + */ + smp_mb__after_spinlock(); sync_mm_rss(mm); local_irq_disable(); tsk->mm = NULL; + membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL); /* active_mm is still 'mm' */ enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk); local_irq_enable(); |