Re: [PATCH for stable] x86/spinlocks/paravirt: Fix memory corruption on unlock

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> > >It's:
> > >
> > >  d6abfdb20223 x86/spinlocks/paravirt: Fix memory corruption on unlock
> > 
> > Yes, This is the original patch. Please note I have taken out the
> > READ_ONCE changes from the original patch to avoid build warnings
> > mentioned below.
> > (Those READ_ONCE changes were cosmetic and was not present in the
> > previous versions)
> > 
> > >
> > >You'll also need this fix from Linus to avoid (harmless)
> > >build warnings:
> > >
> > >  dd36929720f4 kernel: make READ_ONCE() valid on const arguments
> > 
> > So this may not be absolutely necessary with the current patch.
> 
> I'd prefer to be as close as possible to the upstream 
> patch.  So if applying both of these patches will work, 
> I'd much rather do that. Changing patches when 
> backporting them to stable for no good reason than to 
> clean things up, just confuses everyone involved.
> 
> Let's keep our messy history :)

By all means!

You'll first need to cherry-pick these commits:

 927609d622a3 kernel: tighten rules for ACCESS ONCE
 c5b19946eb76 kernel: Fix sparse warning for ACCESS_ONCE
 dd36929720f4 kernel: make READ_ONCE() valid on const arguments

That's the minimum set you will need for backporting, due 
to overlapping changes to the ACCESS_ONCE() definition.

and then apply this commit:

 d6abfdb20223 x86/spinlocks/paravirt: Fix memory corruption on unlock

I've double checked that these commits will cherry-pick 
fine on top of v3.19, in that order, and that an x86-64 
defconfig+kvmconfig+PARAVIRT_SPINLOCK=y kernel builds fine 
without warnings.

I've not boot tested the changes, so if anything breaks 
it's all your fault - while if it works just fine then
I'll be glad to take credit for that.

Thanks,

	Ingo