[PATCH 2/5] bio: fix improper use of smp_mb__before_atomic()

Andrea Parri
2019-04-29T20:16:03Z

This barrier only applies to the read-modify-write operations; in
particular, it does not apply to the atomic_set() primitive.

Replace the barrier with an smp_mb().

Fixes: dac56212e8127 ("bio: skip atomic inc/dec of ->bi_cnt for most use cases")
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: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
---
include/linux/bio.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index e584673c18814..5becbafb84e8a 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static inline void bio_cnt_set(struct bio *bio, unsigned int count)
{
if (count != 1) {
bio->bi_flags |= (1 << BIO_REFFED);
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
+ smp_mb();
}
atomic_set(&bio->__bi_cnt, count);
}
--
2.7.4