From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:08:19 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: workqueue: add missing wmb() in clear_work_data()
X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=23657bb192f14b789e4c478def8f11ecc95b4f6c;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git

workqueue: add missing wmb() in clear_work_data()

Any operation which clears PENDING should be preceded by a wmb to
guarantee that the next PENDING owner sees all the changes made before
PENDING release.

There are only two places where PENDING is cleared -
set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending() and clear_work_data().  The caller of
the former already does smp_wmb() but the latter doesn't have any.

Move the wmb above set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending() into it and add
one to clear_work_data().

There hasn't been any report related to this issue, and, given how
clear_work_data() is used, it is extremely unlikely to have caused any
actual problems on any architecture.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 11723c5b2b20..4fef9527a620 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -570,11 +570,19 @@ static void set_work_cwq(struct work_struct *work,
 static void set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending(struct work_struct *work,
 					   unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	/*
+	 * The following wmb is paired with the implied mb in
+	 * test_and_set_bit(PENDING) and ensures all updates to @work made
+	 * here are visible to and precede any updates by the next PENDING
+	 * owner.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
 	set_work_data(work, (unsigned long)cpu << WORK_OFFQ_CPU_SHIFT, 0);
 }
 
 static void clear_work_data(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	smp_wmb();	/* see set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending() */
 	set_work_data(work, WORK_STRUCT_NO_CPU, 0);
 }
 
@@ -2182,14 +2190,11 @@ __acquires(&gcwq->lock)
 		wake_up_worker(pool);
 
 	/*
-	 * Record the last CPU and clear PENDING.  The following wmb is
-	 * paired with the implied mb in test_and_set_bit(PENDING) and
-	 * ensures all updates to @work made here are visible to and
-	 * precede any updates by the next PENDING owner.  Also, clear
-	 * PENDING inside @gcwq->lock so that PENDING and queued state
-	 * changes happen together while IRQ is disabled.
+	 * Record the last CPU and clear PENDING which should be the last
+	 * update to @work.  Also, do this inside @gcwq->lock so that
+	 * PENDING and queued state changes happen together while IRQ is
+	 * disabled.
 	 */
-	smp_wmb();
 	set_work_cpu_and_clear_pending(work, gcwq->cpu);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&gcwq->lock);