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-rw-r--r--kernel/kthread.c21
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/idle.c1
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/membarrier.c7
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index e29773c82b70..481428fe5f22 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
tsk->active_mm = mm;
}
tsk->mm = mm;
+ membarrier_update_current_mm(mm);
switch_mm_irqs_off(active_mm, mm, tsk);
local_irq_enable();
task_unlock(tsk);
@@ -1255,8 +1256,19 @@ void kthread_use_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
finish_arch_post_lock_switch();
#endif
+ /*
+ * When a kthread starts operating on an address space, the loop
+ * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe
+ * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a
+ * memory barrier after storing to tsk->mm, before accessing
+ * user-space memory. A full memory barrier for membarrier
+ * {PRIVATE,GLOBAL}_EXPEDITED is implicitly provided by
+ * mmdrop(), or explicitly with smp_mb().
+ */
if (active_mm != mm)
mmdrop(active_mm);
+ else
+ smp_mb();
to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs = force_uaccess_begin();
}
@@ -1276,9 +1288,18 @@ void kthread_unuse_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
force_uaccess_end(to_kthread(tsk)->oldfs);
task_lock(tsk);
+ /*
+ * When a kthread stops operating on an address space, the loop
+ * in membarrier_{private,global}_expedited() may not observe
+ * that tsk->mm, and not issue an IPI. Membarrier requires a
+ * memory barrier after accessing user-space memory, before
+ * clearing tsk->mm.
+ */
+ smp_mb__after_spinlock();
sync_mm_rss(mm);
local_irq_disable();
tsk->mm = NULL;
+ membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
/* active_mm is still 'mm' */
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, tsk);
local_irq_enable();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index 24d0ee26377d..846743e39b3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ void play_idle_precise(u64 duration_ns, u64 latency_ns)
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD));
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_NO_SETAFFINITY));
WARN_ON_ONCE(!duration_ns);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(current->mm);
rcu_sleep_check();
preempt_disable();
diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index aac329258af0..f223f3590b8f 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -126,12 +126,11 @@ static int membarrier_global_expedited(void)
continue;
/*
- * Skip the CPU if it runs a kernel thread. The scheduler
- * leaves the prior task mm in place as an optimization when
- * scheduling a kthread.
+ * Skip the CPU if it runs a kernel thread which is not using
+ * a task mm.
*/
p = rcu_dereference(cpu_rq(cpu)->curr);
- if (p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
+ if (!p->mm)
continue;
__cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, tmpmask);