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workqueue: add missing smp_wmb() in process_one_work()
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Fri, 3 Aug 2012 17:30:45 +0000 (10:30 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:28:03 +0000 (05:28 +0900)
commit 959d1af8cffc8fd38ed53e8be1cf4ab8782f9c00 upstream.

WORK_STRUCT_PENDING is used to claim ownership of a work item and
process_one_work() releases it before starting execution.  When
someone else grabs PENDING, all pre-release updates to the work item
should be visible and all updates made by the new owner should happen
afterwards.

Grabbing PENDING uses test_and_set_bit() and thus has a full barrier;
however, clearing doesn't have a matching wmb.  Given the preceding
spin_unlock and use of clear_bit, I don't believe this can be a
problem on an actual machine and there hasn't been any related report
but it still is theretically possible for clear_pending to permeate
upwards and happen before work->entry update.

Add an explicit smp_wmb() before work_clear_pending().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
kernel/workqueue.c

index 00c0bad5060954f9fcf5a7f1c8faeb6a5b8d7d3f..aef945275953c41dd88c92fe57403787c22391c7 100644 (file)
@@ -1868,7 +1868,9 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 
        spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);
 
+       smp_wmb();      /* paired with test_and_set_bit(PENDING) */
        work_clear_pending(work);
+
        lock_map_acquire_read(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map);
        lock_map_acquire(&lockdep_map);
        trace_workqueue_execute_start(work);