The patch titled
Immunize rcu_dereference() against crazy compiler writers
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
immunize-rcu_dereference-against-crazy-compiler-writers.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: Immunize rcu_dereference() against crazy compiler writers
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Turns out that compiler writers are a bit more aggressive about optimizing
than one might expect. This patch prevents a number of such optimizations
from messing up rcu_deference(). This is not merely a theoretical problem, as
evidenced by the rmb() in mce_log().
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Acked-by: Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN
include/linux/rcupdate.h~immunize-rcu_dereference-against-crazy-compiler-writers
include/linux/rcupdate.h
---
a/include/linux/rcupdate.h~immunize-rcu_dereference-against-crazy-compiler-writers
+++ a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ extern struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map;
local_bh_enable(); \
} while(0)
+/*
+ * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching accesses. The compiler
+ * is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of ACCESS_ONCE(),
+ * but only when the compiler is aware of some particular ordering. One way
+ * to make the compiler aware of ordering is to put the two invocations of
+ * ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
+ *
+ * This macro does absolutely -nothing- to prevent the CPU from reordering,
+ * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time.
+ */
+#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
+
/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
@@ -242,7 +254,7 @@ extern struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map;
*/
#define rcu_dereference(p) ({ \
- typeof(p) _________p1 = p; \
+ typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
(_________p1); \
})
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
origin.patch
make-access-to-tasks-nsproxy-lighter.patch
make-access-to-tasks-nsproxy-lighterpatch-breaks-unshare.patch
make-access-to-tasks-nsproxy-lighter-update-get_net_ns_by_pid.patch
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