On Fri, 21 Feb 2014, Liu, Chuansheng wrote: > > > > I think you have a point there, but not on x86 wherre the atomic_dec > > > > and the spinlock on the queueing side are full barriers. For non-x86 > > > > there is definitely a potential issue. > > > > > > > But even on X86, spin_unlock has no full barrier, the following scenario: > > > CPU0 CPU1 > > > spin_lock > > > atomic_dec_and_test > > > insert into queue > > > spin_unlock > > > checking waitqueue_active > > > > But CPU0 sees the 0, right? > Not be clear here:) > The atomic_read has no barrier. > > Found commit 6cb2a21049b89 has one similar smp_mb() calling before > waitqueue_active() on one X86 CPU.
Indeed, you are completely right. Great detective work! I'm inclined to remove the waitqueue_active() alltogether. It's creating more headache than it's worth. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/