[PATCH] arm64: Implement 1-,2- byte smp_load_acquire and smp_store_release
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Mon Apr 20 08:48:24 PDT 2015
Hi Andrey,
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 04:45:53PM +0100, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
> commit 47933ad41a86 ("arch: Introduce smp_load_acquire(), smp_store_release()")
> allowed only 4- and 8-byte smp_load_acquire, smp_store_release.
> So 1- and 2-byte cases weren't implemented in arm64.
> Later commit 536fa402221f ("compiler: Allow 1- and 2-byte smp_load_acquire()
> and smp_store_release()")
> allowed to use 1 and 2 byte smp_load_acquire and smp_store_release
> by adjusting the definition of __native_word().
> However, 1-,2- byte cases in arm64 version left unimplemented.
>
> Commit 8053871d0f7f ("smp: Fix smp_call_function_single_async() locking")
> started to use smp_load_acquire() to load 2-bytes csd->flags.
> That crashes arm64 kernel during the boot.
>
> Implement 1,2 byte cases in arm64's smp_load_acquire()
> and smp_store_release() to fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin at samsung.com>
I already have an equivalent patch queued in the arm64/fixes branch[1]. I'll
send a pull shortly.
Will
[1]
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git/log/?h=fixes/core
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> index a5abb00..71f19c4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ do { \
> do { \
> compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \
> switch (sizeof(*p)) { \
> + case 1: \
> + asm volatile ("stlrb %w1, %0" \
> + : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory"); \
> + break; \
> + case 2: \
> + asm volatile ("stlrh %w1, %0" \
> + : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory"); \
> + break; \
> case 4: \
> asm volatile ("stlr %w1, %0" \
> : "=Q" (*p) : "r" (v) : "memory"); \
> @@ -81,6 +89,14 @@ do { \
> typeof(*p) ___p1; \
> compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \
> switch (sizeof(*p)) { \
> + case 1: \
> + asm volatile ("ldarb %w0, %1" \
> + : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory"); \
> + break; \
> + case 2: \
> + asm volatile ("ldarh %w0, %1" \
> + : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory"); \
> + break; \
> case 4: \
> asm volatile ("ldar %w0, %1" \
> : "=r" (___p1) : "Q" (*p) : "memory"); \
> --
> 2.3.5
>
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