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    bitops: Do not default to __clear_bit() for __clear_bit_unlock() · f75d4864
    Peter Zijlstra authored
    
    
    __clear_bit_unlock() is a special little snowflake. While it carries the
    non-atomic '__' prefix, it is specifically documented to pair with
    test_and_set_bit() and therefore should be 'somewhat' atomic.
    
    Therefore the generic implementation of __clear_bit_unlock() cannot use
    the fully non-atomic __clear_bit() as a default.
    
    If an arch is able to do better; is must provide an implementation of
    __clear_bit_unlock() itself.
    
    Specifically, this came up as a result of hackbench livelock'ing in
    slab_lock() on ARC with SMP + SLUB + !LLSC.
    
    The issue was incorrect pairing of atomic ops.
    
     slab_lock() -> bit_spin_lock() -> test_and_set_bit()
     slab_unlock() -> __bit_spin_unlock() -> __clear_bit()
    
    The non serializing __clear_bit() was getting "lost"
    
     80543b8e:	ld_s       r2,[r13,0] <--- (A) Finds PG_locked is set
     80543b90:	or         r3,r2,1    <--- (B) other core unlocks right here
     80543b94:	st_s       r3,[r13,0] <--- (C) sets PG_locked (overwrites unlock)
    
    Fixes ARC STAR 9000817404 (and probably more).
    
    Reported-by: default avatarVineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarVineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@synopsys.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
    Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
    Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
    Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
    Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Noam Camus <noamc@ezchip.com>
    Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160309114054.GJ6356@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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