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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index 674b35383491..009467a60578 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -51,11 +51,18 @@ again: head = local_read(&rb->head); /* - * IRQ/NMI can happen here, which means we can miss a head update. + * IRQ/NMI can happen here and advance @rb->head, causing our + * load above to be stale. */ - if (!local_dec_and_test(&rb->nest)) + /* + * If this isn't the outermost nesting, we don't have to update + * @rb->user_page->data_head. + */ + if (local_read(&rb->nest) > 1) { + local_dec(&rb->nest); goto out; + } /* * Since the mmap() consumer (userspace) can run on a different CPU: @@ -87,9 +94,18 @@ again: rb->user_page->data_head = head; /* - * Now check if we missed an update -- rely on previous implied - * compiler barriers to force a re-read. + * We must publish the head before decrementing the nest count, + * otherwise an IRQ/NMI can publish a more recent head value and our + * write will (temporarily) publish a stale value. + */ + barrier(); + local_set(&rb->nest, 0); + + /* + * Ensure we decrement @rb->nest before we validate the @rb->head. + * Otherwise we cannot be sure we caught the 'last' nested update. */ + barrier(); if (unlikely(head != local_read(&rb->head))) { local_inc(&rb->nest); goto again; |