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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/spinlock.h14
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c14
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 33692eaabab..e3ddd7db723 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -233,8 +233,4 @@ static inline void arch_write_unlock(arch_rwlock_t *rw)
#define arch_read_relax(lock) cpu_relax()
#define arch_write_relax(lock) cpu_relax()
-/* The {read|write|spin}_lock() on x86 are full memory barriers. */
-static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { }
-#define ARCH_HAS_SMP_MB_AFTER_LOCK
-
#endif /* _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 7d537ced949..75f34949d9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -117,9 +117,17 @@ do { \
#endif /*arch_spin_is_contended*/
#endif
-/* The lock does not imply full memory barrier. */
-#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SMP_MB_AFTER_LOCK
-static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { smp_mb(); }
+/*
+ * Despite its name it doesn't necessarily has to be a full barrier.
+ * It should only guarantee that a STORE before the critical section
+ * can not be reordered with a LOAD inside this section.
+ * spin_lock() is the one-way barrier, this LOAD can not escape out
+ * of the region. So the default implementation simply ensures that
+ * a STORE can not move into the critical section, smp_wmb() should
+ * serialize it with another STORE done by spin_lock().
+ */
+#ifndef smp_mb__before_spinlock
+#define smp_mb__before_spinlock() smp_wmb()
#endif
/**
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index e8b335016c5..f9e35b1e771 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,13 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
unsigned long flags;
int cpu, success = 0;
- smp_wmb();
+ /*
+ * If we are going to wake up a thread waiting for CONDITION we
+ * need to ensure that CONDITION=1 done by the caller can not be
+ * reordered with p->state check below. This pairs with mb() in
+ * set_current_state() the waiting thread does.
+ */
+ smp_mb__before_spinlock();
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
if (!(p->state & state))
goto out;
@@ -2966,6 +2972,12 @@ need_resched:
if (sched_feat(HRTICK))
hrtick_clear(rq);
+ /*
+ * Make sure that signal_pending_state()->signal_pending() below
+ * can't be reordered with __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE)
+ * done by the caller to avoid the race with signal_wake_up().
+ */
+ smp_mb__before_spinlock();
raw_spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
switch_count = &prev->nivcsw;