From c847f14217d5aec5336272a54a32ffcf6e06ddcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:54:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Avoid misordering in nocb_leader_wait() The NOCB follower wakeup ordering depends on the store to the tail pointer happening before the wakeup. However, because atomic_long_add() does not return a value, it does not provide ordering guarantees, and the locking in wake_up() only guarantees that the store will happen before the unlock, which might be too late. Even though this is only a theoretical issue, this commit adds a smp_mb__after_atomic() after the final atomic_long_add() to provide the needed ordering guarantee. Reported-by: Amit Shah Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Tested-by: Paul Gortmaker --- Reading git-format-patch failed