rcu: Define rcu_assign_pointer() in terms of smp_store_release()
The new smp_store_release() function provides better guarantees than did rcu_assign_pointer(), and potentially less overhead on some architectures. The guarantee that smp_store_release() provides that rcu_assign_pointer() does that is obscure, but its lack could cause considerable confusion. This guarantee is illustrated by the following code fragment: struct foo { int a; int b; int c; struct foo *next; }; struct foo foo1; struct foo foo2; struct foo __rcu *foop; ... foo2.a = 1; foo2.b = 2; BUG_ON(foo2.c); rcu_assign_pointer(foop, &foo); ... fp = rcu_dereference(foop); fp.c = 3; The current rcu_assign_pointer() semantics permit the BUG_ON() to trigger because rcu_assign_pointer()'s smp_wmb() is not guaranteed to order prior reads against later writes. This commit therefore upgrades rcu_assign_pointer() from smp_wmb() to smp_store_release() to avoid this counter-intuitive outcome. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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#include <linux/debugobjects.h>
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#include <linux/bug.h>
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#include <linux/compiler.h>
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#include <asm/barrier.h>
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#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
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extern int rcutorture_runnable; /* for sysctl */
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* please be careful when making changes to rcu_assign_pointer() and the
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* other macros that it invokes.
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*/
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#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) \
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do { \
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smp_wmb(); \
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ACCESS_ONCE(p) = RCU_INITIALIZER(v); \
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} while (0)
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#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER(v))
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/**
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* rcu_access_pointer() - fetch RCU pointer with no dereferencing
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