3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index b7e5db876399..4e77853321db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -302,4 +302,8 @@ static inline void __raw_write_unlock(raw_rwlock_t *rw)
 #define _raw_read_relax(lock)   cpu_relax()
 #define _raw_write_relax(lock)  cpu_relax()
 
+/* The {read|write|spin}_lock() on x86 are full memory barriers. */
+static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { }
+#define ARCH_HAS_SMP_MB_AFTER_LOCK
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_SPINLOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 252b245cfcf4..4be57ab03478 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ do {								\
 #endif /*__raw_spin_is_contended*/
 #endif
 
+/* The lock does not imply full memory barrier. */
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SMP_MB_AFTER_LOCK
+static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { smp_mb(); }
+#endif
+
 /**
  * spin_unlock_wait - wait until the spinlock gets unlocked
  * @lock: the spinlock in question.
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 4eb8409249f6..2c0da9239b95 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@ static inline int sk_has_allocations(const struct sock *sk)
  * in its cache, and so does the tp->rcv_nxt update on CPU2 side.  The CPU1
  * could then endup calling schedule and sleep forever if there are no more
  * data on the socket.
+ *
+ * The sk_has_sleeper is always called right after a call to read_lock, so we
+ * can use smp_mb__after_lock barrier.
  */
 static inline int sk_has_sleeper(struct sock *sk)
 {
@@ -1280,7 +1283,7 @@ static inline int sk_has_sleeper(struct sock *sk)
          *
          * This memory barrier is paired in the sock_poll_wait.
          */
-        smp_mb();
+        smp_mb__after_lock();
         return sk->sk_sleep && waitqueue_active(sk->sk_sleep);
 }