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[PATCH] Fix memory ordering problem in wake_futex()

Fix a memory ordering problem that occurs on IA64. The "store" to q->lock_ptr
in wake_futex() can become visible before wake_up_all() clears the lock in the
futex_q.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Andrew Morton 19 anni fa
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      kernel/futex.c

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kernel/futex.c

@@ -270,7 +270,13 @@ static void wake_futex(struct futex_q *q)
 	/*
 	 * The waiting task can free the futex_q as soon as this is written,
 	 * without taking any locks.  This must come last.
+	 *
+	 * A memory barrier is required here to prevent the following store
+	 * to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the wakeup. Clearing the lock
+	 * at the end of wake_up_all() does not prevent this store from
+	 * moving.
 	 */
+	wmb();
 	q->lock_ptr = NULL;
 }