From cdea01b2bf98affb7e9c44530108a4a28535eee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Davidlohr Bueso Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 05:25:59 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] blktrace: re-write setting q->blk_trace This is really about simplifying the double xchg patterns into a single cmpxchg, with the same logic. Other than the immediate cleanup, there are some subtleties this change deals with: (i) While the load of the old bt is fully ordered wrt everything, ie: old_bt = xchg(&q->blk_trace, bt); [barrier] if (old_bt) (void) xchg(&q->blk_trace, old_bt); [barrier] blk_trace could still be changed between the xchg and the old_bt load. Note that this description is merely theoretical and afaict very small, but doing everything in a single context with cmpxchg closes this potential race. (ii) Ordering guarantees are obviously kept with cmpxchg. (iii) Gets rid of the hacky-by-nature (void)xchg pattern. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso eviewed-by: Jeff Moyer Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index 90e72a0c3047..e3a26188b95e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev, struct block_device *bdev, struct blk_user_trace_setup *buts) { - struct blk_trace *old_bt, *bt = NULL; + struct blk_trace *bt = NULL; struct dentry *dir = NULL; int ret; @@ -519,11 +519,8 @@ int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev, bt->trace_state = Blktrace_setup; ret = -EBUSY; - old_bt = xchg(&q->blk_trace, bt); - if (old_bt) { - (void) xchg(&q->blk_trace, old_bt); + if (cmpxchg(&q->blk_trace, NULL, bt)) goto err; - } if (atomic_inc_return(&blk_probes_ref) == 1) blk_register_tracepoints(); @@ -1481,7 +1478,7 @@ static int blk_trace_remove_queue(struct request_queue *q) static int blk_trace_setup_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct block_device *bdev) { - struct blk_trace *old_bt, *bt = NULL; + struct blk_trace *bt = NULL; int ret = -ENOMEM; bt = kzalloc(sizeof(*bt), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -1497,12 +1494,9 @@ static int blk_trace_setup_queue(struct request_queue *q, blk_trace_setup_lba(bt, bdev); - old_bt = xchg(&q->blk_trace, bt); - if (old_bt != NULL) { - (void)xchg(&q->blk_trace, old_bt); - ret = -EBUSY; + ret = -EBUSY; + if (cmpxchg(&q->blk_trace, NULL, bt)) goto free_bt; - } if (atomic_inc_return(&blk_probes_ref) == 1) blk_register_tracepoints(); -- 2.20.1