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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 48c122d42ed7..fb5608a120ed 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -311,6 +311,21 @@ int __pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + /* + * Ensure all pte setup (eg. pte page lock and page clearing) are + * visible before the pte is made visible to other CPUs by being + * put into page tables. + * + * The other side of the story is the pointer chasing in the page + * table walking code (when walking the page table without locking; + * ie. most of the time). Fortunately, these data accesses consist + * of a chain of data-dependent loads, meaning most CPUs (alpha + * being the notable exception) will already guarantee loads are + * seen in-order. See the alpha page table accessors for the + * smp_read_barrier_depends() barriers in page table walking code. + */ + smp_wmb(); /* Could be smp_wmb__xxx(before|after)_spin_lock */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) { /* Has another populated it ? */ mm->nr_ptes++; @@ -329,6 +344,8 @@ int __pte_alloc_kernel(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) { /* Has another populated it ? */ pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, new); @@ -2619,6 +2636,8 @@ int __pud_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); if (pgd_present(*pgd)) /* Another has populated it */ pud_free(mm, new); @@ -2640,6 +2659,8 @@ int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long address) if (!new) return -ENOMEM; + smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_4LEVEL_HACK if (pud_present(*pud)) /* Another has populated it */ |