From d4d84fef6d0366b585b7de13527a0faeca84d9ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Metcalf Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 10:19:41 -0400 Subject: slub: always align cpu_slab to honor cmpxchg_double requirement On an architecture without CMPXCHG_LOCAL but with DEBUG_VM enabled, the VM_BUG_ON() in __pcpu_double_call_return_bool() will cause an early panic during boot unless we always align cpu_slab properly. In principle we could remove the alignment-testing VM_BUG_ON() for architectures that don't have CMPXCHG_LOCAL, but leaving it in means that new code will tend not to break x86 even if it is introduced on another platform, and it's low cost to require alignment. Acked-by: David Rientjes Acked-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg --- include/linux/percpu.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/percpu.h') diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h index 8b97308e65df..9ca008f0c542 100644 --- a/include/linux/percpu.h +++ b/include/linux/percpu.h @@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ extern void __bad_size_call_parameter(void); * Special handling for cmpxchg_double. cmpxchg_double is passed two * percpu variables. The first has to be aligned to a double word * boundary and the second has to follow directly thereafter. + * We enforce this on all architectures even if they don't support + * a double cmpxchg instruction, since it's a cheap requirement, and it + * avoids breaking the requirement for architectures with the instruction. */ #define __pcpu_double_call_return_bool(stem, pcp1, pcp2, ...) \ ({ \ -- cgit v1.2.3