While reviewing rwsem down_slowpath, Will noticed ldsem had a copy of
a bug we just found for rwsem.
X = 0;
CPU0 CPU1
rwsem_down_read()
for (;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
X = 1;
rwsem_up_write();
rwsem_mark_wake()
atomic_long_add(adjustment, &sem->count);
smp_store_release(&waiter->task, NULL);
if (!waiter.task)
break;
...
}
r = X;
Allows 'r == 0'.
Cc: Peter Hurley <[email protected]>
Fixes: 4898e640caf0 ("tty: Add timed, writer-prioritized rw semaphore")
Reported-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
---
drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ static void __ldsem_wake_readers(struct
list_for_each_entry_safe(waiter, next, &sem->read_wait, list) {
tsk = waiter->task;
- smp_mb();
- waiter->task = NULL;
+ smp_store_release(&waiter->task, NULL);
wake_up_process(tsk);
put_task_struct(tsk);
}
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ down_read_failed(struct ld_semaphore *se
for (;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
- if (!waiter.task)
+ if (!smp_load_acquire(&waiter.task))
break;
if (!timeout)
break;