[RFC PATCH] ARM64: cmpxchg.h: Clear the exclusive access bit on fail

From: Pranith Kumar
Date: Fri Feb 27 2015 - 00:46:27 EST


In cmpxchg(), we do a load exclusive on an address and upon a comparison fail,
we skip the store exclusive instruction. This can result in the exclusive bit
still set. If there was a store exclusive after this to the same address, that
will see the exclusive bit set. This should not happen.

We need to clear the exclusive bit in these cases.

Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index cb95930..ed2cf90 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
" cmp %w1, %w3\n"
" b.ne 1f\n"
" stxrb %w0, %w4, %2\n"
- "1:\n"
+ "1: clrex\n"
: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval), "+Q" (*(u8 *)ptr)
: "Ir" (old), "r" (new)
: "cc");
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
" cmp %w1, %w3\n"
" b.ne 1f\n"
" stxrh %w0, %w4, %2\n"
- "1:\n"
+ "1: clrex\n"
: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval), "+Q" (*(u16 *)ptr)
: "Ir" (old), "r" (new)
: "cc");
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
" cmp %w1, %w3\n"
" b.ne 1f\n"
" stxr %w0, %w4, %2\n"
- "1:\n"
+ "1: clrex\n"
: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval), "+Q" (*(u32 *)ptr)
: "Ir" (old), "r" (new)
: "cc");
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
" cmp %1, %3\n"
" b.ne 1f\n"
" stxr %w0, %4, %2\n"
- "1:\n"
+ "1: clrex\n"
: "=&r" (res), "=&r" (oldval), "+Q" (*(u64 *)ptr)
: "Ir" (old), "r" (new)
: "cc");
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static inline int __cmpxchg_double(volatile void *ptr1, volatile void *ptr2,
" mov %w0, #0\n"
" cbnz %1, 1f\n"
" stxp %w0, %5, %6, %2\n"
- "1:\n"
+ "1: clrex\n"
: "=&r"(loop), "=&r"(lost), "+Q" (*(u64 *)ptr1)
: "r" (old1), "r"(old2), "r"(new1), "r"(new2));
} while (loop);
--
1.9.1

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