[PATCH] x86_64: Fix mce_log

The attempt to fixup the lockless mce log buffer introduced an infinite loop
when trying to find a free entry.

And:

Using rcu_dereference() to load mcelog.next doesn't seem to be sufficient
enough to ensure that mcelog.next is loaded each time around the loop in
mce_log().  Instead, use an explicit rmb() to ensure that the compiler gets it
right.

AK: turned the smp_wmbs into true wmbs to make sure they are not
reordered by the compiler on UP.

Signed-off-by: Mike Waychison <mikew@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
index 08203b0..69541db 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
 {
        unsigned next, entry;
        mce->finished = 0;
-       smp_wmb();
+       wmb();
        for (;;) {
                entry = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next);
+               /* The rmb forces the compiler to reload next in each
+                   iteration */
+               rmb();
                for (;;) {
                        /* When the buffer fills up discard new entries. Assume
                           that the earlier errors are the more interesting. */
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
                                entry++;
                                continue;
                        }
+                       break;
                }
                smp_rmb();
                next = entry + 1;
@@ -76,9 +80,9 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
                        break;
        }
        memcpy(mcelog.entry + entry, mce, sizeof(struct mce));
-       smp_wmb();
+       wmb();
        mcelog.entry[entry].finished = 1;
-       smp_wmb();
+       wmb();
 
        if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &console_logged))
                notify_user = 1;