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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v2] locking/osq_lock: annotate a data race in osq_lock
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 05:52:17PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:43:19AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 04:58:13PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 02:36:54PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
> > > > index 1f77349..1de006e 100644
> > > > --- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
> > > > +++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
> > > > @@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock)
> > > > */
> > > >
> > > > for (;;) {
> > > > - if (prev->next == node &&
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * cpu_relax() below implies a compiler barrier which would
> > > > + * prevent this comparison being optimized away.
> > > > + */
> > > > + if (data_race(prev->next) == node &&
> > > > cmpxchg(&prev->next, node, NULL) == node)
> > > > break;
> > >
> > > I'm fine with the data_race() placement, but I don't find the comment
> > > very helpful. We assign the result of a READ_ONCE() to 'prev' in the
> > > loop, so I don't think that the cpu_relax() is really relevant.
> >
> > Suppose that the compiler loaded a value that was not equal to "node".
> > In that case, the cmpxchg() won't happen, so something else must force
> > the compiler to do the reload in order to avoid an infinite loop, right?
> > Or am I missing something here?
>
> Then we just go round the loop and reload prev:
>
> prev = READ_ONCE(node->prev);
>
> which should be enough to stop the compiler, no?

Yes, that would also work. Either have the cpu_relax() or a barrier()
or whatever on the one hand, or, as you say, turn the data_race() into
a READ_ONCE(). I personally prefer the READ_ONCE() myself, unless that
would undesirably suppress other KCSAN warnings.

Thanx, Paul

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