if (!lp) { /* ONCE */
lp = pv_hash(lock, pn);
/*
- * lp must be set before setting _Q_SLOW_VAL
+ * We must hash before setting _Q_SLOW_VAL, such that
+ * when we observe _Q_SLOW_VAL in __pv_queued_spin_unlock()
+ * we'll be sure to be able to observe our hash entry.
*
- * [S] lp = lock [RmW] l = l->locked = 0
- * MB MB
- * [S] l->locked = _Q_SLOW_VAL [L] lp
+ * [S] pn->state
+ * [S] <hash> [Rmw] l->locked == _Q_SLOW_VAL
+ * MB RMB
+ * [RmW] l->locked = _Q_SLOW_VAL [L] <unhash>
+ * [L] pn->state
*
- * Matches the cmpxchg() in __pv_queued_spin_unlock().
+ * Matches the smp_rmb() in __pv_queued_spin_unlock().
*/
if (!cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, _Q_SLOW_VAL)) {
/*
}
/*
+ * A failed cmpxchg doesn't provide any memory-ordering guarantees,
+ * so we need a barrier to order the read of the node data in
+ * pv_unhash *after* we've read the lock being _Q_SLOW_VAL.
+ *
+ * Matches the cmpxchg() in pv_wait_head() setting _Q_SLOW_VAL.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
* Since the above failed to release, this must be the SLOW path.
* Therefore start by looking up the blocked node and unhashing it.
*/