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Diffstat (limited to 'ipc')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipc/sem.c | 66 |
1 files changed, 41 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c index ec97a7072413..4f4303f32077 100644 --- a/ipc/sem.c +++ b/ipc/sem.c @@ -205,15 +205,38 @@ static int sysvipc_sem_proc_show(struct seq_file *s, void *it); * * Memory ordering: * Most ordering is enforced by using spin_lock() and spin_unlock(). - * The special case is use_global_lock: + * + * Exceptions: + * 1) use_global_lock: (SEM_BARRIER_1) * Setting it from non-zero to 0 is a RELEASE, this is ensured by - * using smp_store_release(). + * using smp_store_release(): Immediately after setting it to 0, + * a simple op can start. * Testing if it is non-zero is an ACQUIRE, this is ensured by using * smp_load_acquire(). * Setting it from 0 to non-zero must be ordered with regards to * this smp_load_acquire(), this is guaranteed because the smp_load_acquire() * is inside a spin_lock() and after a write from 0 to non-zero a * spin_lock()+spin_unlock() is done. + * + * 2) queue.status: (SEM_BARRIER_2) + * Initialization is done while holding sem_lock(), so no further barrier is + * required. + * Setting it to a result code is a RELEASE, this is ensured by both a + * smp_store_release() (for case a) and while holding sem_lock() + * (for case b). + * The AQUIRE when reading the result code without holding sem_lock() is + * achieved by using READ_ONCE() + smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(). + * (case a above). + * Reading the result code while holding sem_lock() needs no further barriers, + * the locks inside sem_lock() enforce ordering (case b above) + * + * 3) current->state: + * current->state is set to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE while holding sem_lock(). + * The wakeup is handled using the wake_q infrastructure. wake_q wakeups may + * happen immediately after calling wake_q_add. As wake_q_add_safe() is called + * when holding sem_lock(), no further barriers are required. + * + * See also ipc/mqueue.c for more details on the covered races. */ #define sc_semmsl sem_ctls[0] @@ -344,12 +367,8 @@ static void complexmode_tryleave(struct sem_array *sma) return; } if (sma->use_global_lock == 1) { - /* - * Immediately after setting use_global_lock to 0, - * a simple op can start. Thus: all memory writes - * performed by the current operation must be visible - * before we set use_global_lock to 0. - */ + + /* See SEM_BARRIER_1 for purpose/pairing */ smp_store_release(&sma->use_global_lock, 0); } else { sma->use_global_lock--; @@ -400,7 +419,7 @@ static inline int sem_lock(struct sem_array *sma, struct sembuf *sops, */ spin_lock(&sem->lock); - /* pairs with smp_store_release() */ + /* see SEM_BARRIER_1 for purpose/pairing */ if (!smp_load_acquire(&sma->use_global_lock)) { /* fast path successful! */ return sops->sem_num; @@ -766,15 +785,12 @@ would_block: static inline void wake_up_sem_queue_prepare(struct sem_queue *q, int error, struct wake_q_head *wake_q) { - wake_q_add(wake_q, q->sleeper); - /* - * Rely on the above implicit barrier, such that we can - * ensure that we hold reference to the task before setting - * q->status. Otherwise we could race with do_exit if the - * task is awoken by an external event before calling - * wake_up_process(). - */ - WRITE_ONCE(q->status, error); + get_task_struct(q->sleeper); + + /* see SEM_BARRIER_2 for purpuse/pairing */ + smp_store_release(&q->status, error); + + wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, q->sleeper); } static void unlink_queue(struct sem_array *sma, struct sem_queue *q) @@ -2148,9 +2164,11 @@ static long do_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops, } do { + /* memory ordering ensured by the lock in sem_lock() */ WRITE_ONCE(queue.status, -EINTR); queue.sleeper = current; + /* memory ordering is ensured by the lock in sem_lock() */ __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); sem_unlock(sma, locknum); rcu_read_unlock(); @@ -2173,13 +2191,8 @@ static long do_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops, */ error = READ_ONCE(queue.status); if (error != -EINTR) { - /* - * User space could assume that semop() is a memory - * barrier: Without the mb(), the cpu could - * speculatively read in userspace stale data that was - * overwritten by the previous owner of the semaphore. - */ - smp_mb(); + /* see SEM_BARRIER_2 for purpose/pairing */ + smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(); goto out_free; } @@ -2189,6 +2202,9 @@ static long do_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsops, if (!ipc_valid_object(&sma->sem_perm)) goto out_unlock_free; + /* + * No necessity for any barrier: We are protect by sem_lock() + */ error = READ_ONCE(queue.status); /* |