From 561920a0d2bb6d63343e83acfd784c0a77bd28d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Suresh Siddha Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:28:41 +0100 Subject: generic-ipi: fix the smp_mb() placement smp_mb() is needed (to make the memory operations visible globally) before sending the ipi on the sender and the receiver (on Alpha atleast) needs smp_read_barrier_depends() in the handler before reading the call_single_queue list in a lock-free fashion. On x86, x2apic mode register accesses for sending IPI's don't have serializing semantics. So the need for smp_mb() before sending the IPI becomes more critical in x2apic mode. Remove the unnecessary smp_mb() in csd_flag_wait(), as the presence of that smp_mb() doesn't mean anything on the sender, when the ipi receiver is not doing any thing special (like memory fence) after clearing the CSD_FLAG_WAIT. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- kernel/smp.c | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c index f362a855377..75c8dde58c5 100644 --- a/kernel/smp.c +++ b/kernel/smp.c @@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ static void csd_flag_wait(struct call_single_data *data) { /* Wait for response */ do { - /* - * We need to see the flags store in the IPI handler - */ - smp_mb(); if (!(data->flags & CSD_FLAG_WAIT)) break; cpu_relax(); @@ -76,6 +72,11 @@ static void generic_exec_single(int cpu, struct call_single_data *data) list_add_tail(&data->list, &dst->list); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dst->lock, flags); + /* + * Make the list addition visible before sending the ipi. + */ + smp_mb(); + if (ipi) arch_send_call_function_single_ipi(cpu); @@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void) * Need to see other stores to list head for checking whether * list is empty without holding q->lock */ - smp_mb(); + smp_read_barrier_depends(); while (!list_empty(&q->list)) { unsigned int data_flags; @@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ void generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt(void) /* * See comment on outer loop */ - smp_mb(); + smp_read_barrier_depends(); } } @@ -370,6 +371,11 @@ int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mask, void (*func)(void *), void *info, list_add_tail_rcu(&data->csd.list, &call_function_queue); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&call_function_lock, flags); + /* + * Make the list addition visible before sending the ipi. + */ + smp_mb(); + /* Send a message to all CPUs in the map */ arch_send_call_function_ipi(mask); -- cgit v1.2.3