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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index d44efa0d0611..7019a40457a6 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -6647,7 +6647,9 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode) * if (signal_pending_state()) if (p->state & @state) * * Also, the membarrier system call requires a full memory barrier - * after coming from user-space, before storing to rq->curr. + * after coming from user-space, before storing to rq->curr; this + * barrier matches a full barrier in the proximity of the membarrier + * system call exit. */ rq_lock(rq, &rf); smp_mb__after_spinlock(); @@ -6718,12 +6720,20 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode) * * Here are the schemes providing that barrier on the * various architectures: - * - mm ? switch_mm() : mmdrop() for x86, s390, sparc, PowerPC. - * switch_mm() rely on membarrier_arch_switch_mm() on PowerPC. + * - mm ? switch_mm() : mmdrop() for x86, s390, sparc, PowerPC, + * RISC-V. switch_mm() relies on membarrier_arch_switch_mm() + * on PowerPC and on RISC-V. * - finish_lock_switch() for weakly-ordered * architectures where spin_unlock is a full barrier, * - switch_to() for arm64 (weakly-ordered, spin_unlock * is a RELEASE barrier), + * + * The barrier matches a full barrier in the proximity of + * the membarrier system call entry. + * + * On RISC-V, this barrier pairing is also needed for the + * SYNC_CORE command when switching between processes, cf. + * the inline comments in membarrier_arch_switch_mm(). */ ++*switch_count; |