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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h index 6c016ebb5020..47b240d0d596 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h @@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ static inline void membarrier_arch_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, /* * The membarrier system call requires a full memory barrier * after storing to rq->curr, before going back to user-space. + * + * This barrier is also needed for the SYNC_CORE command when + * switching between processes; in particular, on a transition + * from a thread belonging to another mm to a thread belonging + * to the mm for which a membarrier SYNC_CORE is done on CPU0: + * + * - [CPU0] sets all bits in the mm icache_stale_mask (in + * prepare_sync_core_cmd()); + * + * - [CPU1] stores to rq->curr (by the scheduler); + * + * - [CPU0] loads rq->curr within membarrier and observes + * cpu_rq(1)->curr->mm != mm, so the IPI is skipped on + * CPU1; this means membarrier relies on switch_mm() to + * issue the sync-core; + * + * - [CPU1] switch_mm() loads icache_stale_mask; if the bit + * is zero, switch_mm() may incorrectly skip the sync-core. + * * Matches a full barrier in the proximity of the membarrier * system call entry. */ |