Hi!
On 28/01/2021 12:33, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 08:27:29AM +0100, Alexander Sverdlin wrote:
>
>>>> +#define __smp_store_release(p, v) \
>>>> +do {
>>>> \
>>>> + compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p); \
>>>> + __smp_wmb(); \
>>>> + __smp_rmb(); \
>>>> + WRITE_ONCE(*p, v); \
>>>> +} while (0)
>>> This is wrong in general since smp_rmb() will only provide order between
>>> two loads and smp_store_release() is a store.
>>>
>>> If this is correct for all MIPS, this needs a giant comment on exactly
>>> how that smp_rmb() makes sense here.
>>
>> ... the macro is provided for Octeon only, and __smp_rmb() is actually a NOP
>> there, but I thought to "document" the flow of thoughts from the discussion
>> above by including it anyway.
>
> Random discussions on the internet do not absolve you from having to
> write coherent comments. Especially so where memory ordering is
> concerned.
I actually hoped you will remember the discussion you've participated 5 years
ago and (in my understanding) actually already agreed that the solution itself
is not broken:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20151112180003.ge17...@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net/
Could you please just suggest the proper comment you expect to be added here,
because there is no doubts, you have much more experience here than me?
> This, from commit 6b07d38aaa52 ("MIPS: Octeon: Use optimized memory
> barrier primitives."):
>
> #define smp_mb__before_llsc() smp_wmb()
> #define __smp_mb__before_llsc() __smp_wmb()
>
> is also dodgy as hell and really wants a comment too. I'm not buying the
> Changelog of that commit either, __smp_mb__before_llsc should also
> ensure the LL cannot happen earlier, but SYNCW has no effect on loads.
> So what stops the load from being speculated?
>
>
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Best regards,
Alexander Sverdlin.
