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From: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
To: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Cc: Jann Horn <[email protected]>, Jens Axboe <[email protected]>,
	io-uring <[email protected]>,
	stable <[email protected]>, Josef <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] io_uring: use TWA_SIGNAL for task_work if the task isn't running
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:49:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 09:26:37AM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 08/11, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > On 08/11, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 08:45:16AM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ->jobctl is always modified with ->siglock held, do we really need
> > > > WRITE_ONCE() ?
> > >
> > > In theory, yes. The compiler doesn't know about locks, it can tear
> > > writes whenever it feels like it.
> >
> > Yes, but why does this matter? Could you spell please?
> 
> Do you mean that compiler can temporary set/clear JOBCTL_TASK_WORK
> when it sets/clears another bit?

Possibly, afaict the compiler is allowed to 'spill' intermediate state
into the variable. If any intermediate state has the bit clear,...

  reply	other threads:[~2020-08-11  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-08 18:34 [PATCHSET 0/2] io_uring: use TWA_SIGNAL more carefully Jens Axboe
2020-08-08 18:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] kernel: split task_work_add() into two separate helpers Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 11:37   ` peterz
2020-08-10 15:01     ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 15:28       ` peterz
2020-08-10 17:51       ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 19:53         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-08 18:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] io_uring: use TWA_SIGNAL for task_work if the task isn't running Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 11:42   ` peterz
2020-08-10 15:02     ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 19:21       ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 20:12         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-10 20:13           ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 20:25             ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 20:32               ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-10 20:35                 ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 20:35               ` Jann Horn
2020-08-10 21:06                 ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 21:10                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-10 21:12                     ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 21:26                       ` Jann Horn
2020-08-10 21:28                         ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 22:01                           ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 22:41                             ` Jann Horn
2020-08-11  1:25                               ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-11  6:45                               ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-08-11  6:56                                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-11  7:14                                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-08-11  7:26                                     ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-08-11  7:49                                       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2020-08-11  7:45                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-08-11  8:10                                       ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-08-11 13:06                                         ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-11 14:05                                           ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-08-11 14:12                                             ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 21:27                       ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-10 20:16           ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-13 16:25   ` Sasha Levin
2020-08-19 23:57   ` Sasha Levin
2020-08-19 23:59     ` Jens Axboe
2020-08-20  0:02       ` Jens Axboe

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