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bitops: Do not default to __clear_bit() for __clear_bit_unlock() 

__clear_bit_unlock() is a special little snowflake. While it carries the
non-atomic '__' prefix, it is specifically documented to pair with
test_and_set_bit() and therefore should be 'somewhat' atomic.

Therefore the generic implementation of __clear_bit_unlock() cannot use
the fully non-atomic __clear_bit() as a default.

If an arch is able to do better; is must provide an implementation of
__clear_bit_unlock() itself.

Specifically, this came up as a result of hackbench livelock'ing in
slab_lock() on ARC with SMP + SLUB + !LLSC.

The issue was incorrect pairing of atomic ops.

 slab_lock() -> bit_spin_lock() -> test_and_set_bit()
 slab_unlock() -> __bit_spin_unlock() -> __clear_bit()

The non serializing __clear_bit() was getting "lost"

 80543b8e:	ld_s       r2,[r13,0] <--- (A) Finds PG_locked is set
 80543b90:	or         r3,r2,1    <--- (B) other core unlocks right here
 80543b94:	st_s       r3,[r13,0] <--- (C) sets PG_locked (overwrites unlock)

Fixes ARC STAR 9000817404 (and probably more).

Reported-by: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
Tested-by: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Noam Camus <noamc@ezchip.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160309114054.GJ6356@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Peter Zijlstra 2016-03-09 12:40:54 +01:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent e525a8622a
commit f75d48644c
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@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ do { \
* @nr: the bit to set
* @addr: the address to start counting from
*
* This operation is like clear_bit_unlock, however it is not atomic.
* It does provide release barrier semantics so it can be used to unlock
* a bit lock, however it would only be used if no other CPU can modify
* any bits in the memory until the lock is released (a good example is
* if the bit lock itself protects access to the other bits in the word).
* A weaker form of clear_bit_unlock() as used by __bit_lock_unlock(). If all
* the bits in the word are protected by this lock some archs can use weaker
* ops to safely unlock.
*
* See for example x86's implementation.
*/
#define __clear_bit_unlock(nr, addr) \
do { \
smp_mb(); \
__clear_bit(nr, addr); \
smp_mb__before_atomic(); \
clear_bit(nr, addr); \
} while (0)
#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_LOCK_H_ */