3.8.13.14 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidef...@de.ibm.com> commit 4560e7c3317c7a2b370e36dadd3a3bac2ed70818 upstream. Use the ACCESS_ONCE macro for both accesses to idle->sequence in the loops to calculate the idle time. If only one access uses the macro, the compiler is free to cache the value for the second access which can cause endless loops. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidef...@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <ka...@canonical.com> --- arch/s390/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++-- arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c index 7433a2f..8341c28 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ static ssize_t show_idle_count(struct device *dev, idle_count = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->idle_count); if (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter)) idle_count++; - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", idle_count); } static DEVICE_ATTR(idle_count, 0444, show_idle_count, NULL); @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static ssize_t show_idle_time(struct device *dev, idle_time = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->idle_time); idle_enter = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter); idle_exit = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit); - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); idle_time += idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ? : now) - idle_enter) : 0; return sprintf(buf, "%llu\n", idle_time >> 12); } diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c index e84b8b6..2fc9deb 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vtime.c @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ cputime64_t s390_get_idle_time(int cpu) sequence = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence); idle_enter = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_enter); idle_exit = ACCESS_ONCE(idle->clock_idle_exit); - } while ((sequence & 1) || (idle->sequence != sequence)); + } while ((sequence & 1) || (ACCESS_ONCE(idle->sequence) != sequence)); return idle_enter ? ((idle_exit ?: now) - idle_enter) : 0; } -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/