ptr_ring: READ/WRITE_ONCE for __ptr_ring_empty
authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:36:29 +0000 (01:36 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:02:53 +0000 (12:02 -0500)
Lockless __ptr_ring_empty requires that consumer head is read and
written at once, atomically. Annotate accordingly to make sure compiler
does it correctly.  Switch locked callers to __ptr_ring_peek which does
not support the lockless operation.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/ptr_ring.h

index 8594c7b..9a72d8f 100644 (file)
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_peek(struct ptr_ring *r)
  */
 static inline bool __ptr_ring_empty(struct ptr_ring *r)
 {
-       return !__ptr_ring_peek(r);
+       if (likely(r->size))
+               return !r->queue[READ_ONCE(r->consumer_head)];
+       return true;
 }
 
 static inline bool ptr_ring_empty(struct ptr_ring *r)
@@ -285,7 +287,8 @@ static inline void __ptr_ring_discard_one(struct ptr_ring *r)
                consumer_head = 0;
                r->consumer_tail = 0;
        }
-       r->consumer_head = consumer_head;
+       /* matching READ_ONCE in __ptr_ring_empty for lockless tests */
+       WRITE_ONCE(r->consumer_head, consumer_head);
 }
 
 static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
@@ -541,7 +544,9 @@ static inline void ptr_ring_unconsume(struct ptr_ring *r, void **batch, int n,
                        goto done;
                }
                r->queue[head] = batch[--n];
-               r->consumer_tail = r->consumer_head = head;
+               r->consumer_tail = head;
+               /* matching READ_ONCE in __ptr_ring_empty for lockless tests */
+               WRITE_ONCE(r->consumer_head, head);
        }
 
 done: