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    rcu: fix misplaced mb() in rcu_enter/exit_nohz() · ae66be9b
    Paul E. McKenney authored
    In the process of writing up the mechanical proof of correctness for the
    dynticks/preemptable-RCU interface, I noticed misplaced memory barriers in
    rcu_enter_nohz() and rcu_exit_nohz().
    
    This patch puts them in the right place and adds a comment.  The key thing to
    keep in mind is that rcu_enter_nohz() is -exiting- the mode that can legally
    execute RCU read-side critical sections.
    
    The memory barrier must be between any potential RCU read-side critical
    sections and the increment of the per-CPU dynticks_progress_counter, and thus
    must come -before- this increment.  And vice versa for rcu_exit_nohz().
    
    The locking in the scheduler is probably saving us for the moment.
    
    Also, switch to smp_mb() - we don't need a barrier for uniprocessor kernels.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
    Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
    Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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