Merge tag v4.15 of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git

To resolve conflicts in:
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c

From patches merged into the -rc cycle. The conflict resolution matches
what linux-next has been carrying.

Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index 37b4bb2545b3..d72b2e7dd500 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -101,12 +101,18 @@ static inline bool ptr_ring_full_bh(struct ptr_ring *r)
 
 /* Note: callers invoking this in a loop must use a compiler barrier,
  * for example cpu_relax(). Callers must hold producer_lock.
+ * Callers are responsible for making sure pointer that is being queued
+ * points to a valid data.
  */
 static inline int __ptr_ring_produce(struct ptr_ring *r, void *ptr)
 {
 	if (unlikely(!r->size) || r->queue[r->producer])
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
+	/* Make sure the pointer we are storing points to a valid data. */
+	/* Pairs with smp_read_barrier_depends in __ptr_ring_consume. */
+	smp_wmb();
+
 	r->queue[r->producer++] = ptr;
 	if (unlikely(r->producer >= r->size))
 		r->producer = 0;
@@ -168,6 +174,15 @@ static inline int ptr_ring_produce_bh(struct ptr_ring *r, void *ptr)
  * if they dereference the pointer - see e.g. PTR_RING_PEEK_CALL.
  * If ring is never resized, and if the pointer is merely
  * tested, there's no need to take the lock - see e.g.  __ptr_ring_empty.
+ * However, if called outside the lock, and if some other CPU
+ * consumes ring entries at the same time, the value returned
+ * is not guaranteed to be correct.
+ * In this case - to avoid incorrectly detecting the ring
+ * as empty - the CPU consuming the ring entries is responsible
+ * for either consuming all ring entries until the ring is empty,
+ * or synchronizing with some other CPU and causing it to
+ * execute __ptr_ring_peek and/or consume the ring enteries
+ * after the synchronization point.
  */
 static inline void *__ptr_ring_peek(struct ptr_ring *r)
 {
@@ -176,10 +191,7 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_peek(struct ptr_ring *r)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Note: callers invoking this in a loop must use a compiler barrier,
- * for example cpu_relax(). Callers must take consumer_lock
- * if the ring is ever resized - see e.g. ptr_ring_empty.
- */
+/* See __ptr_ring_peek above for locking rules. */
 static inline bool __ptr_ring_empty(struct ptr_ring *r)
 {
 	return !__ptr_ring_peek(r);
@@ -275,6 +287,9 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
 	if (ptr)
 		__ptr_ring_discard_one(r);
 
+	/* Make sure anyone accessing data through the pointer is up to date. */
+	/* Pairs with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce. */
+	smp_read_barrier_depends();
 	return ptr;
 }