[PATCH 07/10] jump_label: jump_label_inc may return before the code is patched

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 20:32:26 EST


From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>

If cpu A calls jump_label_inc() just after atomic_add_return() is
called by cpu B, atomic_inc_not_zero() will return value greater then
zero and jump_label_inc() will return to a caller before jump_label_update()
finishes its job on cpu B.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111018175551.GH17571@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/jump_label.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index a8ce450..e6f1f24 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ void jump_label_inc(struct jump_label_key *key)
return;

jump_label_lock();
- if (atomic_add_return(1, &key->enabled) == 1)
+ if (atomic_read(&key->enabled) == 0)
jump_label_update(key, JUMP_LABEL_ENABLE);
+ atomic_inc(&key->enabled);
jump_label_unlock();
}

--
1.7.7


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