[PATCH] Fix memory ordering problem in wake_futex()
Fix a memory ordering problem that occurs on IA64. The "store" to q->lock_ptr
in wake_futex() can become visible before wake_up_all() clears the lock in the
futex_q.
Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 5872e35..5e71a6b 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -270,7 +270,13 @@
/*
* The waiting task can free the futex_q as soon as this is written,
* without taking any locks. This must come last.
+ *
+ * A memory barrier is required here to prevent the following store
+ * to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the wakeup. Clearing the lock
+ * at the end of wake_up_all() does not prevent this store from
+ * moving.
*/
+ wmb();
q->lock_ptr = NULL;
}