[PATCH 1/2] ARM: atomic ops: add memory constraints to inline asm

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Jun 23 11:02:17 EDT 2010


Currently, the 32-bit and 64-bit atomic operations on ARM do not
include memory constraints in the inline assembly blocks. In the
case of barrier-less operations [for example, atomic_add], this
means that the compiler may constant fold values which have actually
been modified by a call to an atomic operation.

This issue can be observed in the atomic64_test routine in
<kernel root>/lib/atomic64_test.c:

00000000 <test_atomic64>:
   0:	e1a0c00d 	mov	ip, sp
   4:	e92dd830 	push	{r4, r5, fp, ip, lr, pc}
   8:	e24cb004 	sub	fp, ip, #4
   c:	e24dd008 	sub	sp, sp, #8
  10:	e24b3014 	sub	r3, fp, #20
  14:	e30d000d 	movw	r0, #53261	; 0xd00d
  18:	e3011337 	movw	r1, #4919	; 0x1337
  1c:	e34c0001 	movt	r0, #49153	; 0xc001
  20:	e34a1aa3 	movt	r1, #43683	; 0xaaa3
  24:	e16300f8 	strd	r0, [r3, #-8]!
  28:	e30c0afe 	movw	r0, #51966	; 0xcafe
  2c:	e30b1eef 	movw	r1, #48879	; 0xbeef
  30:	e34d0eaf 	movt	r0, #57007	; 0xdeaf
  34:	e34d1ead 	movt	r1, #57005	; 0xdead
  38:	e1b34f9f 	ldrexd	r4, [r3]
  3c:	e1a34f90 	strexd	r4, r0, [r3]
  40:	e3340000 	teq	r4, #0
  44:	1afffffb 	bne	38 <test_atomic64+0x38>
  48:	e59f0004 	ldr	r0, [pc, #4]	; 54 <test_atomic64+0x54>
  4c:	e3a0101e 	mov	r1, #30
  50:	ebfffffe 	bl	0 <__bug>
  54:	00000000 	.word	0x00000000

The atomic64_set (0x38-0x44) writes to the atomic64_t, but the
compiler doesn't see this, assumes the test condition is always
false and generates an unconditional branch to __bug. The rest of the
test is optimised away.

This patch adds suitable memory constraints to the atomic operations on ARM
to ensure that the compiler is informed of the correct data hazards.
Additionally, the implementations of atomic64_cmpxchg and atomic64_add_unless
are modified so that the portions of their implementation written in C are now
implemented in assembly to avoid miscompilation by buggy compilers.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h |  123 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
index a0162fa..2471d72 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ static inline void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v)
 	int result;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_add\n"
-"1:	ldrex	%0, [%2]\n"
-"	add	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	strex	%1, %0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrex	%0, [%3]\n"
+"	add	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	strex	%1, %0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "Ir" (i)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ static inline void atomic_sub(int i, atomic_t *v)
 	int result;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_sub\n"
-"1:	ldrex	%0, [%2]\n"
-"	sub	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	strex	%1, %0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrex	%0, [%3]\n"
+"	sub	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	strex	%1, %0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "Ir" (i)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 	unsigned long tmp, tmp2;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_clear_mask\n"
-"1:	ldrex	%0, [%2]\n"
-"	bic	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	strex	%1, %0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrex	%0, [%3]\n"
+"	bic	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	strex	%1, %0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (tmp), "=&r" (tmp2)
+	: "=&r" (tmp), "=&r" (tmp2), "+m" (*addr)
 	: "r" (addr), "Ir" (mask)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *v)
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_read\n"
 "	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%1]"
 	: "=&r" (result)
-	: "r" (&v->counter)
+	: "r" (&v->counter), "m" (v->counter)
 	);
 
 	return result;
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ static inline void atomic64_set(atomic64_t *v, u64 i)
 	u64 tmp;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_set\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%1]\n"
-"	strexd	%0, %2, %H2, [%1]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"	strexd	%0, %3, %H3, [%2]\n"
 "	teq	%0, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (tmp), "=m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ static inline void atomic64_add(u64 i, atomic64_t *v)
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_add\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
-"	adds	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H3\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	adds	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H4\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_add_return(u64 i, atomic64_t *v)
 	smp_mb();
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_add_return\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
-"	adds	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H3\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	adds	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H4\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
 	: "cc");
 
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ static inline void atomic64_sub(u64 i, atomic64_t *v)
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_sub\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
-"	subs	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	sbc	%H0, %H0, %H3\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	subs	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	sbc	%H0, %H0, %H4\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
 	: "cc");
 }
@@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_sub_return(u64 i, atomic64_t *v)
 	smp_mb();
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_sub_return\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
-"	subs	%0, %0, %3\n"
-"	sbc	%H0, %H0, %H3\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	subs	%0, %0, %4\n"
+"	sbc	%H0, %H0, %H4\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
 	: "cc");
 
@@ -356,17 +356,17 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_cmpxchg(atomic64_t *ptr, u64 old, u64 new)
 
 	smp_mb();
 
-	do {
-		__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_cmpxchg\n"
-		"ldrexd		%1, %H1, [%2]\n"
-		"mov		%0, #0\n"
-		"teq		%1, %3\n"
-		"teqeq		%H1, %H3\n"
-		"strexdeq	%0, %4, %H4, [%2]"
-		: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval)
-		: "r" (&ptr->counter), "r" (old), "r" (new)
-		: "cc");
-	} while (res);
+	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_cmpxchg\n"
+"1:	ldrexd		%1, %H1, [%3]\n"
+"	mov		%0, #0\n"
+"	teq		%1, %4\n"
+"	teqeq		%H1, %H4\n"
+"	strexdeq	%0, %5, %H5, [%3]\n"
+"	teq		%0, #0\n"
+"	bne		1b"
+	: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval), "+m" (ptr->counter)
+	: "r" (&ptr->counter), "r" (old), "r" (new)
+	: "cc");
 
 	smp_mb();
 
@@ -381,11 +381,11 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_xchg(atomic64_t *ptr, u64 new)
 	smp_mb();
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_xchg\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %3, %H3, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %4, %H4, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (ptr->counter)
 	: "r" (&ptr->counter), "r" (new)
 	: "cc");
 
@@ -402,16 +402,16 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
 	smp_mb();
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_dec_if_positive\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	subs	%0, %0, #1\n"
 "	sbc	%H0, %H0, #0\n"
 "	teq	%H0, #0\n"
 "	bmi	2f\n"
-"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%2]\n"
+"	strexd	%1, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
 "	teq	%1, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b\n"
 "2:"
-	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (result), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc");
 
@@ -424,23 +424,24 @@ static inline int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, u64 a, u64 u)
 {
 	u64 val;
 	unsigned long tmp;
-	int ret = 1;
+	int ret;
 
 	smp_mb();
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic64_add_unless\n"
-"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%3]\n"
-"	teq	%0, %4\n"
-"	teqeq	%H0, %H4\n"
+"1:	ldrexd	%0, %H0, [%4]\n"
+"	teq	%0, %5\n"
+"	teqeq	%H0, %H5\n"
 "	moveq	%1, #0\n"
+"	movne	%1, #1\n"
 "	beq	2f\n"
-"	adds	%0, %0, %5\n"
-"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H5\n"
-"	strexd	%2, %0, %H0, [%3]\n"
+"	adds	%0, %0, %6\n"
+"	adc	%H0, %H0, %H6\n"
+"	strexd	%2, %0, %H0, [%4]\n"
 "	teq	%2, #0\n"
 "	bne	1b\n"
 "2:"
-	: "=&r" (val), "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (tmp)
+	: "=&r" (val), "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (tmp), "+m" (v->counter)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (u), "r" (a)
 	: "cc");
 
-- 
1.6.3.3




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