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SUNRPC: Add barriers to ensure read ordering in rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked

We need to be careful when testing task->tk_waitqueue in
rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked, because it can be changed while we
are holding the queue->lock.
By adding appropriate memory barriers, we can ensure that it is safe to
test task->tk_waitqueue for equality if the RPC_TASK_QUEUED bit is set.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Trond Myklebust 12 years ago
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1 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 7 2
      net/sunrpc/sched.c

+ 7 - 2
net/sunrpc/sched.c

@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ static void __rpc_add_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue,
 		list_add_tail(&task->u.tk_wait.list, &queue->tasks[0]);
 	task->tk_waitqueue = queue;
 	queue->qlen++;
+	/* barrier matches the read in rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked() */
+	smp_wmb();
 	rpc_set_queued(task);
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u added to queue %p \"%s\"\n",
@@ -430,8 +432,11 @@ static void __rpc_do_wake_up_task(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task
  */
 static void rpc_wake_up_task_queue_locked(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, struct rpc_task *task)
 {
-	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task) && task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
-		__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	if (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task)) {
+		smp_rmb();
+		if (task->tk_waitqueue == queue)
+			__rpc_do_wake_up_task(queue, task);
+	}
 }
 
 /*