Re: [PATCH] jump_label_inc may return before the code is patched

[Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 07:55:51PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> If cpu A calls jump_label_inc() just after atomic_add_return() is
> called by cpu B, atomic_inc_not_zero() will return value greater then
> zero and jump_label_inc() will return to a caller before jump_label_update()
> finishes its job on cpu B.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
> diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
> index a8ce450..e6f1f24 100644
> --- a/kernel/jump_label.c
> +++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
> @@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ void jump_label_inc(struct jump_label_key *key)
>  		return;
>  
>  	jump_label_lock();
> -	if (atomic_add_return(1, &key->enabled) == 1)
> +	if (atomic_read(&key->enabled) == 0)
>  		jump_label_update(key, JUMP_LABEL_ENABLE);
> +	atomic_inc(&key->enabled);
>  	jump_label_unlock();
>  }
>  

agreed, we shouldn't return before the update happens...did this cause any
actual problem in practice? Or just observed from code inspection?

Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>

Thanks,

-Jason