powerpc pthread_once bug fix
Jeff Law
law@redhat.com
Thu Aug 30 19:06:00 GMT 2012
On 07/11/2012 05:36 AM, Alan Modra wrote:
> This fixes some bugs in the powerpc pthread_once code. Ref
> gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52839#c10
>
> Release barriers are needed to ensure any memory written by
> init_routine is seen by other threads before *once_control changes.
> In the case of clear_once_control we need to flush any partially
> written state.
>
> 2012-06-28 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
>
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/pthread_once.c (__pthread_once):
> Add release barrier before setting once_control to say
> initialisation is done. Add hints on lwarx. Use macro in
> place of isync.
> (clear_once_control): Add release barrier.
FWIW, I saw hangs with this too, both ppc and ppc64. It's got something
to do with that last hunk which replaced the atomic_increment call with
an asm which appears to impmlement an atomic_read_barrier +
atomic_increment.
My PPC-fu is largely gone. The only oddities I see are the lack of a
memory clobber and using GENERAL_REGS instead of BASE_REGS for
once_control. Is there something special about r0 in lwarx/stwcx insns
on PPC?
jeff
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