From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753536AbbKBNwX (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:52:23 -0500 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:52375 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752337AbbKBNwS (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:52:18 -0500 Message-Id: <20151102134940.821642150@infradead.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.61-1 Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:29:02 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra To: mingo@kernel.org, oleg@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, boqun.feng@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, mhocko@kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, will.deacon@arm.com Subject: [PATCH 1/4] sched: Better document the try_to_wake_up() barriers References: <20151102132901.157178466@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline; filename=peterz-sched-ttwu-comment.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Explain how the control dependency and smp_rmb() end up providing ACQUIRE semantics and pair with smp_store_release() in finish_lock_switch(). Cc: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- kernel/sched/core.c | 8 +++++++- kernel/sched/sched.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -1947,7 +1947,13 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, un while (p->on_cpu) cpu_relax(); /* - * Pairs with the smp_wmb() in finish_lock_switch(). + * Combined with the control dependency above, we have an effective + * smp_load_acquire() without the need for full barriers. + * + * Pairs with the smp_store_release() in finish_lock_switch(). + * + * This ensures that tasks getting woken will be fully ordered against + * their previous state and preserve Program Order. */ smp_rmb(); --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h @@ -1073,6 +1073,9 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(st * We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely * finished. * + * In particular, the load of prev->state in finish_task_switch() must + * happen before this. + * * Pairs with the control dependency and rmb in try_to_wake_up(). */ smp_store_release(&prev->on_cpu, 0);