From: Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@oracle.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>,
Paul McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm, swap: Remove unnecessary smp_rmb() in swap_type_to_swap_info()
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 21:59:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210514015946.nivgnoobef4nqwmw@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YJ0fkhuAZ7JnNmEw@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 02:46:10PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Ah, I think I see what you meant to say, it would perhaps help if you
> write it like so:
>
>
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 149e77454e3c..94735248dcd2 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -99,11 +99,10 @@ atomic_t nr_rotate_swap = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
>
> static struct swap_info_struct *swap_type_to_swap_info(int type)
> {
> - if (type >= READ_ONCE(nr_swapfiles))
> + if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES)
> return NULL;
>
> - smp_rmb(); /* Pairs with smp_wmb in alloc_swap_info. */
> - return READ_ONCE(swap_info[type]);
> + return READ_ONCE(swap_info[type]); /* rcu_dereference() */
> }
>
> static inline unsigned char swap_count(unsigned char ent)
> @@ -2869,14 +2868,11 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
> }
> if (type >= nr_swapfiles) {
> p->type = type;
> - WRITE_ONCE(swap_info[type], p);
> /*
> - * Write swap_info[type] before nr_swapfiles, in case a
> - * racing procfs swap_start() or swap_next() is reading them.
> - * (We never shrink nr_swapfiles, we never free this entry.)
> + * Publish the swap_info_struct.
> */
> - smp_wmb();
> - WRITE_ONCE(nr_swapfiles, nr_swapfiles + 1);
> + smp_store_release(&swap_info[type], p); /* rcu_assign_pointer() */
> + nr_swapfiles++;
Yes, this does help, I didn't understand why smp_wmb stayed around in
the original post.
I think the only access smp_store_release() orders is p->type. Wouldn't
it be kinda inconsistent to only initialize that one field before
publishing when many others would be done at the end of
alloc_swap_info() after the fact? p->type doesn't seem special. For
instance, get_swap_page_of_type() touches si->lock soon after it calls
swap_type_to_swap_info(), so there could be a small window where there's
a non-NULL si with an uninitialized lock.
It's not as if this is likely to be a problem in practice, it would just
make it harder to understand why smp_store_release is there. Maybe all
we need is a WRITE_ONCE, or if it's really necessary for certain fields
to be set before publication then move them up and explain?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-14 2:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-13 6:48 [PATCH] mm, swap: Remove unnecessary smp_rmb() in swap_type_to_swap_info() Huang Ying
2021-05-13 8:49 ` Miaohe Lin
2021-05-13 9:54 ` Muchun Song
2021-05-13 11:27 ` Miaohe Lin
2021-05-13 12:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-13 12:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-14 1:59 ` Daniel Jordan [this message]
2021-05-14 4:02 ` Huang, Ying
2021-05-14 20:49 ` Daniel Jordan
2021-05-14 12:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-14 20:51 ` Daniel Jordan
2021-05-14 3:27 ` Huang, Ying
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