From: Robert Richter Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:31:44 +0000 (+0200) Subject: oprofile, x86: Fix race in nmi handler while starting counters X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8fe7e94eb71430cf63a742f3c19739d82a662758;p=linux-beck.git oprofile, x86: Fix race in nmi handler while starting counters In some rare cases, nmis are generated immediately after the nmi handler of the cpu was started. This causes the counter not to be enabled. Before enabling the nmi handlers we need to set variable ctr_running first and make sure its value is written to memory. Also, the patch makes all existing barriers a memory barrier instead of a compiler barrier only. Reported-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit Cc: # .35+ Signed-off-by: Robert Richter --- diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c index cf9750004a08..68894fdc034b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c +++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c @@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ static void nmi_cpu_start(void *dummy) static int nmi_start(void) { get_online_cpus(); - on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_start, NULL, 1); ctr_running = 1; + /* make ctr_running visible to the nmi handler: */ + smp_mb(); + on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_start, NULL, 1); put_online_cpus(); return 0; } @@ -504,15 +506,18 @@ static int nmi_setup(void) nmi_enabled = 0; ctr_running = 0; - barrier(); + /* make variables visible to the nmi handler: */ + smp_mb(); err = register_die_notifier(&profile_exceptions_nb); if (err) goto fail; get_online_cpus(); register_cpu_notifier(&oprofile_cpu_nb); - on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_setup, NULL, 1); nmi_enabled = 1; + /* make nmi_enabled visible to the nmi handler: */ + smp_mb(); + on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_setup, NULL, 1); put_online_cpus(); return 0; @@ -531,7 +536,8 @@ static void nmi_shutdown(void) nmi_enabled = 0; ctr_running = 0; put_online_cpus(); - barrier(); + /* make variables visible to the nmi handler: */ + smp_mb(); unregister_die_notifier(&profile_exceptions_nb); msrs = &get_cpu_var(cpu_msrs); model->shutdown(msrs);