Re: [PATCH 1/5] drm/msm: Fix improper uses of smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic()

Andrea Parri
2019-05-09T20:19:29Z

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:14:57PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> These barriers only apply to the read-modify-write operations; in
> particular, they do not apply to the atomic_set() primitive.
>
> Replace the barriers with smp_mb()s.
>
> Fixes: b1fc2839d2f92 ("drm/msm: Implement preemption for A5XX targets")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
> Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sean Paul <sean@poorly.run>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Jordan Crouse <jcrouse@codeaurora.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: freedreno@lists.freedesktop.org

Rob, Sean, Jordan: any suggestions to move this patch forward?

Thanx,
Andrea

> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
> index 3d62310a535fb..ee0820ee0c664 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_preempt.c
> @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ static inline void set_preempt_state(struct a5xx_gpu *gpu,
> * preemption or in the interrupt handler so barriers are needed
> * before...
> */
> - smp_mb__before_atomic();
> + smp_mb();
> atomic_set(&gpu->preempt_state, new);
> /* ... and after*/
> - smp_mb__after_atomic();
> + smp_mb();
> }
>
> /* Write the most recent wptr for the given ring into the hardware */
> --
> 2.7.4
>