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[PATCH] x86_64: Fix race in cpu_local_* on preemptible kernels
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When a process changes CPUs while doing the non atomic cpu_local_*
operations it might operate on the local_t of a different CPUs.

Fix that by disabling preemption.

Pointed out by Christopher Lameter

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Andi Kleen authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jun 26, 2006
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26 changes: 20 additions & 6 deletions include/asm-i386/local.h
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Expand Up @@ -55,12 +55,26 @@ static __inline__ void local_sub(long i, local_t *v)
* much more efficient than these naive implementations. Note they take
* a variable, not an address.
*/
#define cpu_local_read(v) local_read(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_set(v, i) local_set(&__get_cpu_var(v), (i))
#define cpu_local_inc(v) local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_dec(v) local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_add(i, v) local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_sub(i, v) local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))

/* Need to disable preemption for the cpu local counters otherwise we could
still access a variable of a previous CPU in a non atomic way. */
#define cpu_local_wrap_v(v) \
({ local_t res__; \
preempt_disable(); \
res__ = (v); \
preempt_enable(); \
res__; })
#define cpu_local_wrap(v) \
({ preempt_disable(); \
v; \
preempt_enable(); }) \

#define cpu_local_read(v) cpu_local_wrap_v(local_read(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_set(v, i) cpu_local_wrap(local_set(&__get_cpu_var(v), (i)))
#define cpu_local_inc(v) cpu_local_wrap(local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_dec(v) cpu_local_wrap(local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_add(i, v) cpu_local_wrap(local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_sub(i, v) cpu_local_wrap(local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v)))

#define __cpu_local_inc(v) cpu_local_inc(v)
#define __cpu_local_dec(v) cpu_local_dec(v)
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26 changes: 20 additions & 6 deletions include/asm-x86_64/local.h
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Expand Up @@ -59,12 +59,26 @@ static inline void local_sub(long i, local_t *v)
* This could be done better if we moved the per cpu data directly
* after GS.
*/
#define cpu_local_read(v) local_read(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_set(v, i) local_set(&__get_cpu_var(v), (i))
#define cpu_local_inc(v) local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_dec(v) local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_add(i, v) local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
#define cpu_local_sub(i, v) local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))

/* Need to disable preemption for the cpu local counters otherwise we could
still access a variable of a previous CPU in a non atomic way. */
#define cpu_local_wrap_v(v) \
({ local_t res__; \
preempt_disable(); \
res__ = (v); \
preempt_enable(); \
res__; })
#define cpu_local_wrap(v) \
({ preempt_disable(); \
v; \
preempt_enable(); }) \

#define cpu_local_read(v) cpu_local_wrap_v(local_read(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_set(v, i) cpu_local_wrap(local_set(&__get_cpu_var(v), (i)))
#define cpu_local_inc(v) cpu_local_wrap(local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_dec(v) cpu_local_wrap(local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_add(i, v) cpu_local_wrap(local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v)))
#define cpu_local_sub(i, v) cpu_local_wrap(local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v)))

#define __cpu_local_inc(v) cpu_local_inc(v)
#define __cpu_local_dec(v) cpu_local_dec(v)
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