Re: [PATCH v5] futex: Remove requirement for lock_page in get_futex_key

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Thu Feb 04 2016 - 04:07:45 EST


On Wed, 3 Feb 2016, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> + * We are not calling into get_futex_key_refs() in file-backed
> + * cases, therefore a successful atomic_inc return below will
> + * guarantee that get_futex_key() will continue to imply MB (B).

Can you please make that "MB (B)" part a bit more outstanding. I really had to
search for it.

> + */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&inode->i_count))) {
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> + put_page(page);
> +
> + goto again;
> + }

Don't we need

smp_mb__after_atomic();

here to make it a full barrier on all architectures?

Thanks,

tglx