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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/tlb.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c index 11666ba19b62..569ac1d57f55 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c @@ -474,8 +474,14 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next, /* * The membarrier system call requires a full memory barrier and * core serialization before returning to user-space, after - * storing to rq->curr. Writing to CR3 provides that full - * memory barrier and core serializing instruction. + * storing to rq->curr, when changing mm. This is because + * membarrier() sends IPIs to all CPUs that are in the target mm + * to make them issue memory barriers. However, if another CPU + * switches to/from the target mm concurrently with + * membarrier(), it can cause that CPU not to receive an IPI + * when it really should issue a memory barrier. Writing to CR3 + * provides that full memory barrier and core serializing + * instruction. */ if (real_prev == next) { VM_WARN_ON(this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.ctxs[prev_asid].ctx_id) != |