RISC-V: Upgrade smp_mb__after_spinlock() to iorw,iorw

palmer-dabbelt · palmer-dabbelt · commit 38b7c2a3ffb1 · 2020-07-17T09:28:35.000-07:00
While digging through the recent mmiowb preemption issue it came up that
we aren't actually preventing IO from crossing a scheduling boundary.
While it's a bit ugly to overload smp_mb__after_spinlock() with this
behavior, it's what PowerPC is doing so there's some precedent.

Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt &lt;palmerdabbelt@google.com&gt;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -58,8 +58,16 @@ do {									\
  * The AQ/RL pair provides a RCpc critical section, but there's not really any
  * way we can take advantage of that here because the ordering is only enforced
  * on that one lock.  Thus, we're just doing a full fence.
+ *
+ * Since we allow writeX to be called from preemptive regions we need at least
+ * an "o" in the predecessor set to ensure device writes are visible before the
+ * task is marked as available for scheduling on a new hart.  While I don't see
+ * any concrete reason we need a full IO fence, it seems safer to just upgrade
+ * this in order to avoid any IO crossing a scheduling boundary.  In both
+ * instances the scheduler pairs this with an mb(), so nothing is necessary on
+ * the new hart.
  */
-#define smp_mb__after_spinlock()	RISCV_FENCE(rw,rw)
+#define smp_mb__after_spinlock()	RISCV_FENCE(iorw,iorw)
 
 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
 
