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list: add "list_del_init_careful()" to go with "list_empty_careful()" 

[ Upstream commit c6fe44d96f ]

That gives us ordering guarantees around the pair.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: 2192bba03d ("epoll: ep_autoremove_wake_function should use list_del_init_careful")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Linus Torvalds 2020-07-23 12:33:41 -07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent c32ab1c195
commit e77e5481d5
3 changed files with 21 additions and 8 deletions
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include/linux/list.h
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@ -268,6 +268,24 @@ static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
return READ_ONCE(head->next) == head;
}
/**
* list_del_init_careful - deletes entry from list and reinitialize it.
* @entry: the element to delete from the list.
*
* This is the same as list_del_init(), except designed to be used
* together with list_empty_careful() in a way to guarantee ordering
* of other memory operations.
*
* Any memory operations done before a list_del_init_careful() are
* guaranteed to be visible after a list_empty_careful() test.
*/
static inline void list_del_init_careful(struct list_head *entry)
{
__list_del_entry(entry);
entry->prev = entry;
smp_store_release(&entry->next, entry);
}
/**
* list_empty_careful - tests whether a list is empty and not being modified
* @head: the list to test
@ -283,7 +301,7 @@ static inline int list_empty(const struct list_head *head)
*/
static inline int list_empty_careful(const struct list_head *head)
{
struct list_head *next = head->next;
struct list_head *next = smp_load_acquire(&head->next);
return (next == head) && (next == head->prev);
}

2
kernel/sched/wait.c
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@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int autoremove_wake_function(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, i
int ret = default_wake_function(wq_entry, mode, sync, key);
if (ret)
list_del_init(&wq_entry->entry);
list_del_init_careful(&wq_entry->entry);
return ret;
}

7
mm/filemap.c
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@ -1085,13 +1085,8 @@ static int wake_page_function(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
* since after list_del_init(&wait->entry) the wait entry
* might be de-allocated and the process might even have
* exited.
*
* We _really_ should have a "list_del_init_careful()" to
* properly pair with the unlocked "list_empty_careful()"
* in finish_wait().
*/
smp_mb();
list_del_init(&wait->entry);
list_del_init_careful(&wait->entry);
return ret;
}