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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/barrier.h | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/barrier.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c | 31 |
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/barrier.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/barrier.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b58d52c5b2f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-i386/barrier.h @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +#ifndef __SYSDEP_I386_BARRIER_H +#define __SYSDEP_I386_BARRIER_H + +/* Copied from include/asm-i386 for use by userspace. i386 has the option + * of using mfence, but I'm just using this, which works everywhere, for now. + */ +#define mb() asm volatile("lock; addl $0,0(%esp)") + +#endif diff --git a/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/barrier.h b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/barrier.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7b610befdc8f --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/um/include/sysdep-x86_64/barrier.h @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +#ifndef __SYSDEP_X86_64_BARRIER_H +#define __SYSDEP_X86_64_BARRIER_H + +/* Copied from include/asm-x86_64 for use by userspace. */ +#define mb() asm volatile("mfence":::"memory") + +#endif diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c index 6b81739279d1..b897e8592d77 100644 --- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c +++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include "user.h" #include "signal_kern.h" #include "sysdep/sigcontext.h" +#include "sysdep/barrier.h" #include "sigcontext.h" #include "mode.h" #include "os.h" @@ -34,8 +35,12 @@ #define SIGALRM_BIT 2 #define SIGALRM_MASK (1 << SIGALRM_BIT) -static int signals_enabled = 1; -static int pending = 0; +/* These are used by both the signal handlers and + * block/unblock_signals. I don't want modifications cached in a + * register - they must go straight to memory. + */ +static volatile int signals_enabled = 1; +static volatile int pending = 0; void sig_handler(int sig, struct sigcontext *sc) { @@ -152,6 +157,12 @@ int change_sig(int signal, int on) void block_signals(void) { signals_enabled = 0; + /* This must return with signals disabled, so this barrier + * ensures that writes are flushed out before the return. + * This might matter if gcc figures out how to inline this and + * decides to shuffle this code into the caller. + */ + mb(); } void unblock_signals(void) @@ -171,9 +182,23 @@ void unblock_signals(void) */ signals_enabled = 1; + /* Setting signals_enabled and reading pending must + * happen in this order. + */ + mb(); + save_pending = pending; - if(save_pending == 0) + if(save_pending == 0){ + /* This must return with signals enabled, so + * this barrier ensures that writes are + * flushed out before the return. This might + * matter if gcc figures out how to inline + * this (unlikely, given its size) and decides + * to shuffle this code into the caller. + */ + mb(); return; + } pending = 0; |