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The Linux Kernel Memory Model [1][2] requires RMW operations that have a return value to be fully ordered. BPF atomic operations with BPF_FETCH (including BPF_XCHG and BPF_CMPXCHG) return a value back so they need to be JITed to fully ordered operations. POWERPC currently emits relaxed operations for these. We can show this by running the following litmus-test: PPC SB+atomic_add+fetch { 0:r0=x; (* dst reg assuming offset is 0 *) 0:r1=2; (* src reg *) 0:r2=1; 0:r4=y; (* P0 writes to this, P1 reads this *) 0:r5=z; (* P1 writes to this, P0 reads this *) 0:r6=0; 1:r2=1; 1:r4=y; 1:r5=z; } P0 | P1 ; stw r2, 0(r4) | stw r2,0(r5) ; | ; loop:lwarx r3, r6, r0 | ; mr r8, r3 | ; add r3, r3, r1 | sync ; stwcx. r3, r6, r0 | ; bne loop | ; mr r1, r8 | ; | ; lwa r7, 0(r5) | lwa r7,0(r4) ; ~exists(0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0) Witnesses Positive: 9 Negative: 3 Condition ~exists (0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0) Observation SB+atomic_add+fetch Sometimes 3 9 This test shows that the older store in P0 is reordered with a newer load to a different address. Although there is a RMW operation with fetch between them. Adding a sync before and after RMW fixes the issue: Witnesses Positive: 9 Negative: 0 Condition ~exists (0:r7=0 /\ 1:r7=0) Observation SB+atomic_add+fetch Never 0 9 [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt [2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/atomic_t.txt Fixes: |
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Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.