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authorTulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-07-22 09:26:02 -0300
committerTulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-10-19 16:58:03 -0200
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PowerPC: Fix a race condition when eliding a lock
The previous code used to evaluate the preprocessor token is_lock_free to
a variable before starting a transaction.  This behavior can cause an
error if another thread got the lock (without using a transaction)
between the evaluation of the token and the beginning of the transaction.

This bug can be triggered with the following order of events:
1. The lock accessed by is_lock_free is free.
2. Thread T1 evaluates is_lock_free and stores into register R1 that the
   lock is free.
3. Thread T2 acquires the same lock used in is_lock_free.
4. T1 begins the transaction, creating a memory barrier where is_lock_free
   is false, but R1 is true.
5. T1 reads R1 and doesn't abort the transaction.
6. T1 calls ELIDE_UNLOCK, which reads false from is_lock_free and decides
   to unlock a lock acquired by T2, leading to undefined behavior.

This patch delays the evaluation of is_lock_free to inside a transaction
by moving this part of the code to the macro ELIDE_LOCK.

	[BZ #18743]
	* sysdeps/powerpc/nptl/elide.h (__elide_lock): Move most of this
	code to...
	(ELIDE_LOCK): ...here.
	(__get_new_count): New function with part of the code from
	__elide_lock that updates the value of adapt_count after a
	transaction abort.
	(__elided_trylock): Moved this code to...
	(ELIDE_TRYLOCK): ...here.
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