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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index afb04b9b818a..b38fb2b9e237 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -626,8 +626,22 @@ int ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
work = &cpu_buffer->irq_work;
}
- work->waiters_pending = true;
poll_wait(filp, &work->waiters, poll_table);
+ work->waiters_pending = true;
+ /*
+ * There's a tight race between setting the waiters_pending and
+ * checking if the ring buffer is empty. Once the waiters_pending bit
+ * is set, the next event will wake the task up, but we can get stuck
+ * if there's only a single event in.
+ *
+ * FIXME: Ideally, we need a memory barrier on the writer side as well,
+ * but adding a memory barrier to all events will cause too much of a
+ * performance hit in the fast path. We only need a memory barrier when
+ * the buffer goes from empty to having content. But as this race is
+ * extremely small, and it's not a problem if another event comes in, we
+ * will fix it later.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
if ((cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty(buffer)) ||
(cpu != RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !ring_buffer_empty_cpu(buffer, cpu)))