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Date:      Fri, 4 Sep 2020 11:22:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Marcin Wojtas <mw@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r365326 - stable/12/sys/sys
Message-ID:  <202009041122.084BMIYn040628@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: mw
Date: Fri Sep  4 11:22:18 2020
New Revision: 365326
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/365326

Log:
  MFC: r346593
  
  Add barrier in buf ring peek function to prevent race in ARM and ARM64.
  
  Obtained from: Semihalf
  Sponsored by: Amazon, Inc.

Modified:
  stable/12/sys/sys/buf_ring.h
Directory Properties:
  stable/12/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/12/sys/sys/buf_ring.h
==============================================================================
--- stable/12/sys/sys/buf_ring.h	Fri Sep  4 04:31:56 2020	(r365325)
+++ stable/12/sys/sys/buf_ring.h	Fri Sep  4 11:22:18 2020	(r365326)
@@ -310,14 +310,23 @@ buf_ring_peek_clear_sc(struct buf_ring *br)
 	if (!mtx_owned(br->br_lock))
 		panic("lock not held on single consumer dequeue");
 #endif	
-	/*
-	 * I believe it is safe to not have a memory barrier
-	 * here because we control cons and tail is worst case
-	 * a lagging indicator so we worst case we might
-	 * return NULL immediately after a buffer has been enqueued
-	 */
+
 	if (br->br_cons_head == br->br_prod_tail)
 		return (NULL);
+
+#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+	/*
+	 * The barrier is required there on ARM and ARM64 to ensure, that
+	 * br->br_ring[br->br_cons_head] will not be fetched before the above
+	 * condition is checked.
+	 * Without the barrier, it is possible, that buffer will be fetched
+	 * before the enqueue will put mbuf into br, then, in the meantime, the
+	 * enqueue will update the array and the br_prod_tail, and the
+	 * conditional check will be true, so we will return previously fetched
+	 * (and invalid) buffer.
+	 */
+	atomic_thread_fence_acq();
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_BUFRING
 	/*



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