From e5a11016643d1ab7172193591506d33a844734cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masami Hiramatsu Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:38:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] x86: Issue at least one memory barrier in stop_machine_text_poke() Fix stop_machine_text_poke() to issue smp_mb() before exiting waiting loop, and use cpu_relax() for waiting. Changes in v2: - Don't use ACCESS_ONCE(). Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: systemtap Cc: DLE Cc: Jason Baron LKML-Reference: <20100304033850.3819.74590.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c index c41f13c15e8f..e0b877099470 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c @@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ static int __kprobes stop_machine_text_poke(void *data) wrote_text = 1; } else { while (!wrote_text) - smp_rmb(); - sync_core(); + cpu_relax(); + smp_mb(); /* Load wrote_text before following execution */ } flush_icache_range((unsigned long)tpp->addr, -- 2.20.1