On Tue, 05 May 2020 15:49:28 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> 
> Use arch_atomic_*() and READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() to ensure nothing untoward
> creeps in and ruins things.
> 
> That is; this is the INT3 text poke handler, strictly limit the code
> that runs in it, lest it inadvertenly hits yet another INT3.
> 
> Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> @@ -960,9 +960,9 @@ static struct bp_patching_desc *bp_desc;
>  static __always_inline
>  struct bp_patching_desc *try_get_desc(struct bp_patching_desc **descp)
>  {
> -     struct bp_patching_desc *desc = READ_ONCE(*descp); /* rcu_dereference */
> +     struct bp_patching_desc *desc = READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(*descp); /* 
> rcu_dereference */
>  
> -     if (!desc || !atomic_inc_not_zero(&desc->refs))
> +     if (!desc || !arch_atomic_inc_not_zero(&desc->refs))
>               return NULL;
>  
>       return desc;
> @@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ struct bp_patching_desc *try_get_desc(st
>  static __always_inline void put_desc(struct bp_patching_desc *desc)
>  {
>       smp_mb__before_atomic();
> -     atomic_dec(&desc->refs);
> +     arch_atomic_dec(&desc->refs);
>  }
>  
>  static __always_inline void *text_poke_addr(struct text_poke_loc *tp)
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

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