[PATCH] Fix memory ordering problem in wake_futex()

Fix a memory ordering problem that occurs on IA64. The "store" to q->lock_ptr
in wake_futex() can become visible before wake_up_all() clears the lock in the
futex_q.

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 5872e3507f35..5e71a6bf6f6b 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -270,7 +270,13 @@ static void wake_futex(struct futex_q *q)
         /*
          * The waiting task can free the futex_q as soon as this is written,
          * without taking any locks.  This must come last.
+         *
+         * A memory barrier is required here to prevent the following store
+         * to lock_ptr from getting ahead of the wakeup. Clearing the lock
+         * at the end of wake_up_all() does not prevent this store from
+         * moving.
          */
+        wmb();
         q->lock_ptr = NULL;
 }