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Guo Ren April 12, 2022, 3:49 a.m. UTC
From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>

These patch series contain one cleanup and some optimizations for
atomic operations.

Changes in V2:
 - Fixup LR/SC memory barrier semantic problems which pointed by
   Rutland
 - Combine patches into one patchset series
 - Separate AMO optimization & LRSC optimization for convenience
   patch review

Guo Ren (3):
  riscv: atomic: Cleanup unnecessary definition
  riscv: atomic: Optimize acquire and release for AMO operations
  riscv: atomic: Optimize memory barrier semantics of LRSC-pairs

 arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 42 +++++--------------
 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

Comments

Boqun Feng April 13, 2022, 3:46 p.m. UTC | #1
[Cc Andrea]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:49:54AM +0800, guoren@kernel.org wrote:
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> 
> These patch series contain one cleanup and some optimizations for
> atomic operations.
> 

Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f
("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit
fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no
longer needs a fix?

Regards,
Boqun

> Changes in V2:
>  - Fixup LR/SC memory barrier semantic problems which pointed by
>    Rutland
>  - Combine patches into one patchset series
>  - Separate AMO optimization & LRSC optimization for convenience
>    patch review
> 
> Guo Ren (3):
>   riscv: atomic: Cleanup unnecessary definition
>   riscv: atomic: Optimize acquire and release for AMO operations
>   riscv: atomic: Optimize memory barrier semantics of LRSC-pairs
> 
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 42 +++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>
Guo Ren April 16, 2022, 4:49 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Boqun,

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 11:46 PM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [Cc Andrea]
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 11:49:54AM +0800, guoren@kernel.org wrote:
> > From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> >
> > These patch series contain one cleanup and some optimizations for
> > atomic operations.
> >
>
> Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f
> ("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit
> fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no
> longer needs a fix?

I'm not reverting the prior patch, just optimizing it.

In RISC-V “A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions spec, it said:
If only the aq bit is set, the atomic memory operation is treated as
an acquire access, i.e., no following memory operations on this RISC-V
hart can be observed to take place before the acquire memory
operation.
-                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
-                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
+                       "       amoswap.w.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \
So RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER is "fence r, rw" and "fence r" is over
constraints to protect amoswap.w. Here using amoswap.w.aq is more
proper.

If only the rl bit is set, the atomic memory operation is treated as a
release access, i.e., the release memory operation cannot be observed
to take place before any earlier memory operations on this RISC-V
hart.
-                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
-                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
+                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \
So RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER is "fence rw, w" and "fence ,w" is over
constraints to protect amoswap.w. Here using amoswap.w.rl is more
proper.

If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
                "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
                "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
                "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
-               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
+               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
                "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
-               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
                "1:\n"
So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.

>
> Regards,
> Boqun
>
> > Changes in V2:
> >  - Fixup LR/SC memory barrier semantic problems which pointed by
> >    Rutland
> >  - Combine patches into one patchset series
> >  - Separate AMO optimization & LRSC optimization for convenience
> >    patch review
> >
> > Guo Ren (3):
> >   riscv: atomic: Cleanup unnecessary definition
> >   riscv: atomic: Optimize acquire and release for AMO operations
> >   riscv: atomic: Optimize memory barrier semantics of LRSC-pairs
> >
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 42 +++++--------------
> >  2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >



--
Best Regards
 Guo Ren

ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Boqun Feng April 17, 2022, 2:26 a.m. UTC | #3
On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
[...]
> 
> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
>                 "1:\n"
> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> 

Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
following litmus test?

    C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
    
    {}
    
    P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
    {
            int r0;
            int r1;
    
            WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
            r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
            r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
    }
    
    P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
    {
            int r0;
            int r1;
    
            WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
            r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
            r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
    }
    
    exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)

Regards,
Boqun
Guo Ren April 17, 2022, 4:51 a.m. UTC | #4
Hi Boqun & Andrea,

On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> [...]
> >
> > If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> >                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> >                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> >                 "1:\n"
> > So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> >
>
> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.

Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
sc.w.aq is executed:
A: Pre-Access
B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
...
C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
D: Post-Acess
Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
the amoswap

The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
.aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.

                __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
                        "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
                        "1:\n"                                          \

> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> following litmus test?
>
>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
>
>     {}
>
>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
>     {
>             int r0;
>             int r1;
>
>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
>     }
>
>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
>     {
>             int r0;
>             int r1;
>
>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
>     }
>
>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:


-                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
+                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
-                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
                        "1:\n"                                          \
+                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \

To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.

>
> Regards,
> Boqun
Boqun Feng April 17, 2022, 6:30 a.m. UTC | #5
On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:51:38PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> 
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > [...]
> > >
> > > If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > > sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > > earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > > same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > >                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > >                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > >                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > >                 "1:\n"
> > > So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > >
> >
> > Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> 

Thanks for the confirmation, btw, where can I find the RVWMO spec?

> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> sc.w.aq is executed:
> A: Pre-Access
> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> ...
> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> D: Post-Acess
> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> the amoswap
> 
> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> 
>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> 
> > we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > following litmus test?
> >
> >     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> >
> >     {}
> >
> >     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> >     {
> >             int r0;
> >             int r1;
> >
> >             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> >             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> >             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> >     }
> >
> >     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> >     {
> >             int r0;
> >             int r1;
> >
> >             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> >             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> >             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> >     }
> >
> >     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> 
> 
> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> 
> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> 

Note that Linux kernel doesn't require cmpxchg() to provide any order if
cmpxchg() fails to update the memory location. So you won't need to
strengthen the atomic_cmpxchg().

Regards,
Boqun

> >
> > Regards,
> > Boqun
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards
>  Guo Ren
> 
> ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Guo Ren April 17, 2022, 6:45 a.m. UTC | #6
On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 2:31 PM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:51:38PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > > > sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > > > earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > > > same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > >                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > >                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > > -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > >                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > > -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > >                 "1:\n"
> > > > So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > > against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> >
>
> Thanks for the confirmation, btw, where can I find the RVWMO spec?
RVWMO section:
https://five-embeddev.com/riscv-isa-manual/latest/rvwmo.html#ch:memorymodel

ATOMIC instructions:
https://five-embeddev.com/riscv-isa-manual/latest/a.html#atomics

>
> > Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > sc.w.aq is executed:
> > A: Pre-Access
> > B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > ...
> > C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > D: Post-Acess
> > Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > the amoswap
> >
> > The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> >
> >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> >                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >
> > > we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > > following litmus test?
> > >
> > >     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> > >
> > >     {}
> > >
> > >     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> > >     {
> > >             int r0;
> > >             int r1;
> > >
> > >             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> > >             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> > >             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > >     }
> > >
> > >     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> > >     {
> > >             int r0;
> > >             int r1;
> > >
> > >             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > >             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> > >             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > >     }
> > >
> > >     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> >
> >
> > -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> >
> > To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> >
>
> Note that Linux kernel doesn't require cmpxchg() to provide any order if
> cmpxchg() fails to update the memory location. So you won't need to
> strengthen the atomic_cmpxchg().
Thx for the clarification.

>
> Regards,
> Boqun
>
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Boqun
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> >  Guo Ren
> >
> > ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Andrea Parri April 18, 2022, 11:41 p.m. UTC | #7
> > Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f
> > ("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit
> > fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no
> > longer needs a fix?
> 
> I'm not reverting the prior patch, just optimizing it.
> 
> In RISC-V “A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions spec, it said:

With reference to the RISC-V herd specification at:

  https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual.git

the issue, better, lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier seems to _no longer_
need a fix since commit:

  03a5e722fc0f ("Updates to the memory consistency model spec")

(here a template, to double check:

  https://github.com/litmus-tests/litmus-tests-riscv/blob/master/tests/non-mixed-size/HAND/LR-SC-NOT-FENCE.litmus )

I defer to Daniel/others for a "bi-section" of the prose specification.
;-)

  Andrea
Dan Lustig April 19, 2022, 5:12 p.m. UTC | #8
On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> 
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
>> [...]
>>>
>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
>>>                 "1:\n"
>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
>>>
>>
>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> 
> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> sc.w.aq is executed:
> A: Pre-Access
> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> ...
> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> D: Post-Acess
> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> the amoswap

These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.

Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."

Dan

> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> 
>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> 
>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
>> following litmus test?
>>
>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
>>
>>     {}
>>
>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
>>     {
>>             int r0;
>>             int r1;
>>
>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
>>     }
>>
>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
>>     {
>>             int r0;
>>             int r1;
>>
>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
>>     }
>>
>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> 
> 
> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> 
> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Boqun
> 
> 
>
Dan Lustig April 19, 2022, 5:13 p.m. UTC | #9
On 4/18/2022 7:41 PM, Andrea Parri wrote:
>>> Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f
>>> ("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit
>>> fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no
>>> longer needs a fix?
>>
>> I'm not reverting the prior patch, just optimizing it.
>>
>> In RISC-V “A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions spec, it said:
> 
> With reference to the RISC-V herd specification at:
> 
>   https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual.git
> 
> the issue, better, lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier seems to _no longer_
> need a fix since commit:
> 
>   03a5e722fc0f ("Updates to the memory consistency model spec")
> 
> (here a template, to double check:
> 
>   https://github.com/litmus-tests/litmus-tests-riscv/blob/master/tests/non-mixed-size/HAND/LR-SC-NOT-FENCE.litmus )
> 
> I defer to Daniel/others for a "bi-section" of the prose specification.
> ;-)

What is the question exactly?

Dan

> 
>   Andrea
Guo Ren April 20, 2022, 5:33 a.m. UTC | #10
Thx Dan,

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>>
> >>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> >>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> >>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> >>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> >>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> >>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> >>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> >>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> >>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> >>>                 "1:\n"
> >>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> >> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> >
> > Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > sc.w.aq is executed:
> > A: Pre-Access
> > B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > ...
> > C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > D: Post-Acess
> > Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > the amoswap
>
> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
>
> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
sequence?

2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
                "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
 -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
 +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
 -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"

>
> Dan
>
> > The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> >
> >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> >                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >
> >> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> >> following litmus test?
> >>
> >>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> >>
> >>     {}
> >>
> >>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> >>     {
> >>             int r0;
> >>             int r1;
> >>
> >>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> >>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> >>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> >>     }
> >>
> >>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> >>     {
> >>             int r0;
> >>             int r1;
> >>
> >>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> >>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> >>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> >>     }
> >>
> >>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> >
> >
> > -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> >
> > To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> >
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Boqun
> >
> >
> >
Dan Lustig April 20, 2022, 5:03 p.m. UTC | #11
On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> Thx Dan,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
>>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
>>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
>>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
>>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
>>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
>>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
>>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
>>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
>>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
>>>>>                 "1:\n"
>>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
>>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
>>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
>>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
>>>
>>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
>>> sc.w.aq is executed:
>>> A: Pre-Access
>>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
>>> ...
>>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
>>> D: Post-Acess
>>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
>>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
>>> the amoswap
>>
>> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
>>
>> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
>> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
>> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> sequence?

lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
equivalents in C/C++ atomics.

> 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
>                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
>                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
>  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
>                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
>  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"

Yes, using .aqrl is valid.

Dan

>>
>> Dan
>>
>>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
>>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
>>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
>>>
>>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
>>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
>>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
>>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
>>>
>>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
>>>> following litmus test?
>>>>
>>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
>>>>
>>>>     {}
>>>>
>>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
>>>>     {
>>>>             int r0;
>>>>             int r1;
>>>>
>>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
>>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
>>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
>>>>     {
>>>>             int r0;
>>>>             int r1;
>>>>
>>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
>>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
>>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
>>>>     }
>>>>
>>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
>>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
>>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
>>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
>>>
>>>
>>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
>>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
>>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
>>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
>>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
>>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
>>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
>>>
>>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Boqun
>>>
>>>
>>>
> 
> 
>
Guo Ren April 21, 2022, 9:39 a.m. UTC | #12
Hi Dan,

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > Thx Dan,
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> >>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> >>>> [...]
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> >>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> >>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> >>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> >>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> >>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> >>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> >>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> >>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> >>>>>                 "1:\n"
> >>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> >>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> >>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> >>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> >>>
> >>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> >>> sc.w.aq is executed:
> >>> A: Pre-Access
> >>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> >>> ...
> >>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> >>> D: Post-Acess
> >>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> >>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> >>> the amoswap
> >>
> >> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
> >>
> >> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> >> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> >> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> > 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> > utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> > sequence?
>
> lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
> Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
> is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
> equivalents in C/C++ atomics.
First, thx for pointing out that my patch violates the rules defined
in the ISA manual. I've abandoned these parts in v3.

It's easy to let hw support lr.rl & sc.aq (eg: our hardware supports
them). I agree there are no equivalents in C/C++ atomics. But they are
useful for LR/SC pairs to implement atomic_acqurie/release semantics.
Compare below:
A): fence rw, r; lr
B): lr.rl
The A has another "fence ,r" effect in semantics, it's over commit
from a software design view.

ps: Current definition has problems:
#define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER           "\tfence r , rw\n"
#define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER           "\tfence rw,  w\n"

#define __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)                          \
...
                __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
                        RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \

That means "fence rw, w" can't prevent lr.w beyond the fence, we need
a "fence.rw. r" here. Here is the Fixup patch which I'm preparing:

From 14c93aca0c3b10cf134791cf491b459972a36ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:44:48 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] riscv: atomic: Fixup wrong __atomic_acquire/release_fence
 implementation

Current RISCV_ACQUIRE/RELEASE_BARRIER is for spin_lock not atomic.

__cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)
...
        __asm__ __volatile__ (
                        RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"

The "fence rw, w -> lr.w" is invalid and lr would beyond fence, so
we need "fence rw, r -> lr.w" here. Atomic acquire is the same.

Fixes: 0123f4d76ca6 ("riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences")
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
Cc: Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 4 ++--
 arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 8 ++++----
 arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h   | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
index aef8aa9ac4f4..7cd66eba6ec3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #include <asm/barrier.h>

 #define __atomic_acquire_fence()                                       \
-       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory")
+       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "":::"memory")

 #define __atomic_release_fence()                                       \
-       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory");
+       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER"" ::: "memory");

 static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
 {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 9269fceb86e0..605edc2fca3b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
-                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
+                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
                        "1:\n"                                          \
                        : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
                        : "rJ" ((long)__old), "rJ" (__new)              \
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
                        "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
                        "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
-                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
+                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
                        "1:\n"                                          \
                        : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
                        : "rJ" (__old), "rJ" (__new)                    \
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
        switch (size) {                                                 \
        case 4:                                                         \
                __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
-                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
+                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
                break;                                                  \
        case 8:                                                         \
                __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
-                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
+                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
                        "0:     lr.d %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
                        "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
index 2b443a3a487f..4e446d64f04f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER          "\tfence r , rw\n"
 #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER          "\tfence rw,  w\n"
+#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER   "\tfence w , rw\n"
+#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER   "\tfence rw,  r\n"
 #else
 #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
 #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
+#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER
 #endif

 #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FENCE_H */


>
> > 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> > right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
> >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> >                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> >                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> >  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> >                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> >  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
>
> Yes, using .aqrl is valid.
Thx and I think the below is also valid, right?

-                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
-                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
+                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \

-                       "       amoswap.d %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
-                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
+                       "       amoswap.d.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \

>
> Dan
>
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> >>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> >>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> >>>
> >>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> >>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> >>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >>>
> >>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> >>>> following litmus test?
> >>>>
> >>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> >>>>
> >>>>     {}
> >>>>
> >>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> >>>>     {
> >>>>             int r0;
> >>>>             int r1;
> >>>>
> >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> >>>>     }
> >>>>
> >>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> >>>>     {
> >>>>             int r0;
> >>>>             int r1;
> >>>>
> >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> >>>>     }
> >>>>
> >>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> >>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> >>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> >>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> >>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> >>>
> >>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Boqun
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >



--
Best Regards
 Guo Ren

ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Boqun Feng April 21, 2022, 10:56 p.m. UTC | #13
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:39:09PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > Thx Dan,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > >>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > >>>> [...]
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > >>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > >>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > >>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > >>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > >>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > >>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > >>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > >>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > >>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > >>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > >>>>>                 "1:\n"
> > >>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > >>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > >>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > >>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> > >>>
> > >>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > >>> sc.w.aq is executed:
> > >>> A: Pre-Access
> > >>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > >>> ...
> > >>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > >>> D: Post-Acess
> > >>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > >>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > >>> the amoswap
> > >>
> > >> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
> > >>
> > >> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> > >> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> > >> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> > > 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> > > utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> > > sequence?
> >
> > lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
> > Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
> > is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
> > equivalents in C/C++ atomics.
> First, thx for pointing out that my patch violates the rules defined
> in the ISA manual. I've abandoned these parts in v3.
> 
> It's easy to let hw support lr.rl & sc.aq (eg: our hardware supports
> them). I agree there are no equivalents in C/C++ atomics. But they are
> useful for LR/SC pairs to implement atomic_acqurie/release semantics.
> Compare below:
> A): fence rw, r; lr
> B): lr.rl
> The A has another "fence ,r" effect in semantics, it's over commit
> from a software design view.
> 
> ps: Current definition has problems:
> #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER           "\tfence r , rw\n"
> #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER           "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> 
> #define __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)                          \
> ...
>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
>                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> 
> That means "fence rw, w" can't prevent lr.w beyond the fence, we need
> a "fence.rw. r" here. Here is the Fixup patch which I'm preparing:
> 

That's not true. Note that RELEASE semantics only applies to the
write/store part of a read-modify-write atomic, similarly, ACQUIRE only
applies to the read/load part. For example, the following litmus test
can observe the exists clause being true.

	{}

	P0(int *x, int *y)
	{
		int r0;
		int r1;

		r0 = cmpxchg_acquire(x, 0, 1);
		r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
	}

	P1(int *x, int *y)
	{
		int r0;

		WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
		smp_mb();
		r0 = READ_ONCE(*x);
	}

	exists (0:r0=0 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r0=0)

Regards,
Boqun

> From 14c93aca0c3b10cf134791cf491b459972a36ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:44:48 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] riscv: atomic: Fixup wrong __atomic_acquire/release_fence
>  implementation
> 
> Current RISCV_ACQUIRE/RELEASE_BARRIER is for spin_lock not atomic.
> 
> __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)
> ...
>         __asm__ __volatile__ (
>                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"
> 
> The "fence rw, w -> lr.w" is invalid and lr would beyond fence, so
> we need "fence rw, r -> lr.w" here. Atomic acquire is the same.
> 
> Fixes: 0123f4d76ca6 ("riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences")
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> Cc: Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 4 ++--
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 8 ++++----
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h   | 4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> index aef8aa9ac4f4..7cd66eba6ec3 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
>  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> 
>  #define __atomic_acquire_fence()                                       \
> -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory")
> +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "":::"memory")
> 
>  #define __atomic_release_fence()                                       \
> -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory");
> +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER"" ::: "memory");
> 
>  static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
>  {
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index 9269fceb86e0..605edc2fca3b 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
>                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
>                         : "rJ" ((long)__old), "rJ" (__new)              \
> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
>                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
>                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
>                         "1:\n"                                          \
>                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
>                         : "rJ" (__old), "rJ" (__new)                    \
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
>         switch (size) {                                                 \
>         case 4:                                                         \
>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
>                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
>                 break;                                                  \
>         case 8:                                                         \
>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
>                         "0:     lr.d %0, %2\n"                          \
>                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
>                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> index 2b443a3a487f..4e446d64f04f 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER          "\tfence r , rw\n"
>  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER          "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER   "\tfence w , rw\n"
> +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER   "\tfence rw,  r\n"
>  #else
>  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
>  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER
>  #endif
> 
>  #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FENCE_H */
> 
> 
> >
> > > 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> > > right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
> > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > >                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > >                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > >  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > >  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > >                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > >  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> >
> > Yes, using .aqrl is valid.
> Thx and I think the below is also valid, right?
> 
> -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> -                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> +                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> 
> -                       "       amoswap.d %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> +                       "       amoswap.d.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> 
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > >>
> > >> Dan
> > >>
> > >>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > >>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > >>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> > >>>
> > >>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > >>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > >>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > >>>
> > >>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > >>>> following litmus test?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     {}
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> > >>>>     {
> > >>>>             int r0;
> > >>>>             int r1;
> > >>>>
> > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > >>>>     }
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> > >>>>     {
> > >>>>             int r0;
> > >>>>             int r1;
> > >>>>
> > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > >>>>     }
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > >>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > >>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > >>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > >>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > >>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> > >>>
> > >>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Regards,
> > >>>> Boqun
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards
>  Guo Ren
> 
> ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Guo Ren April 22, 2022, 1:56 a.m. UTC | #14
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:56 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:39:09PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > Thx Dan,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > >>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > >>>> [...]
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > > >>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > > >>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > > >>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > > >>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > >>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > >>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > >>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > >>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > >>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > >>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > >>>>>                 "1:\n"
> > > >>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > > >>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > > >>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > > >>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > > >>> sc.w.aq is executed:
> > > >>> A: Pre-Access
> > > >>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > > >>> ...
> > > >>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > > >>> D: Post-Acess
> > > >>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > > >>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > > >>> the amoswap
> > > >>
> > > >> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
> > > >>
> > > >> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> > > >> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> > > >> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> > > > 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> > > > utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> > > > sequence?
> > >
> > > lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
> > > Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
> > > is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
> > > equivalents in C/C++ atomics.
> > First, thx for pointing out that my patch violates the rules defined
> > in the ISA manual. I've abandoned these parts in v3.
> >
> > It's easy to let hw support lr.rl & sc.aq (eg: our hardware supports
> > them). I agree there are no equivalents in C/C++ atomics. But they are
> > useful for LR/SC pairs to implement atomic_acqurie/release semantics.
> > Compare below:
> > A): fence rw, r; lr
> > B): lr.rl
> > The A has another "fence ,r" effect in semantics, it's over commit
> > from a software design view.
> >
> > ps: Current definition has problems:
> > #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER           "\tfence r , rw\n"
> > #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER           "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> >
> > #define __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)                          \
> > ...
> >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >
> > That means "fence rw, w" can't prevent lr.w beyond the fence, we need
> > a "fence.rw. r" here. Here is the Fixup patch which I'm preparing:
> >
>
> That's not true. Note that RELEASE semantics only applies to the
> write/store part of a read-modify-write atomic, similarly, ACQUIRE only
I just want to point out that the "atomic" mentioned here is only for
RISC-V LR/SC AMO instructions. It has been clarified to tread AMO
instruction as the whole part for other AMO instructions.

     - .aq:   If the aq bit is set, then no later memory operations
              in this RISC-V hart can be observed to take place
              before the AMO.
     - .rl:   If the rl bit is set, then other RISC-V harts will not
              observe the AMO before memory accesses preceding the
              AMO in this RISC-V hart.
     - .aqrl: Setting both the aq and the rl bit on an AMO makes the
              sequence sequentially consistent, meaning that it cannot
              be reordered with earlier or later memory operations
              from the same hart.

> applies to the read/load part. For example, the following litmus test
> can observe the exists clause being true.
Thx for pointing out, that means changing "fence rw, w" to "fence rw.
r" is more strict and it would lower performance, right?

>
>         {}
>
>         P0(int *x, int *y)
>         {
>                 int r0;
>                 int r1;
>
>                 r0 = cmpxchg_acquire(x, 0, 1);
>                 r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
Oh, READ_ONCE could be beyond the write/store part of cmpxchg_acquire,
right? We shouldn't prevent it.

>         }
>
>         P1(int *x, int *y)
>         {
>                 int r0;
>
>                 WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
>                 smp_mb();
>                 r0 = READ_ONCE(*x);
>         }
>
>         exists (0:r0=0 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r0=0)
>
> Regards,
> Boqun
>
> > From 14c93aca0c3b10cf134791cf491b459972a36ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:44:48 +0800
> > Subject: [PATCH] riscv: atomic: Fixup wrong __atomic_acquire/release_fence
> >  implementation
> >
> > Current RISCV_ACQUIRE/RELEASE_BARRIER is for spin_lock not atomic.
> >
> > __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)
> > ...
> >         __asm__ __volatile__ (
> >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"
> >
> > The "fence rw, w -> lr.w" is invalid and lr would beyond fence, so
> > we need "fence rw, r -> lr.w" here. Atomic acquire is the same.
> >
> > Fixes: 0123f4d76ca6 ("riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences")
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> > Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 4 ++--
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 8 ++++----
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h   | 4 ++++
> >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > index aef8aa9ac4f4..7cd66eba6ec3 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
> >  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> >
> >  #define __atomic_acquire_fence()                                       \
> > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory")
> > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "":::"memory")
> >
> >  #define __atomic_release_fence()                                       \
> > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory");
> > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER"" ::: "memory");
> >
> >  static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
> >  {
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > index 9269fceb86e0..605edc2fca3b 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> >                         : "rJ" ((long)__old), "rJ" (__new)              \
> > @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
> >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> >                         : "rJ" (__old), "rJ" (__new)                    \
> > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
> >         switch (size) {                                                 \
> >         case 4:                                                         \
> >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
> >                 break;                                                  \
> >         case 8:                                                         \
> >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> >                         "0:     lr.d %0, %2\n"                          \
> >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > index 2b443a3a487f..4e446d64f04f 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER          "\tfence r , rw\n"
> >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER          "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER   "\tfence w , rw\n"
> > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER   "\tfence rw,  r\n"
> >  #else
> >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> >  #endif
> >
> >  #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FENCE_H */
> >
> >
> > >
> > > > 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> > > > right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
> > > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > >                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > >                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > >  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > >  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > >                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > >  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > >
> > > Yes, using .aqrl is valid.
> > Thx and I think the below is also valid, right?
> >
> > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > -                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > +                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> >
> > -                       "       amoswap.d %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > +                       "       amoswap.d.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> >
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Dan
> > > >>
> > > >>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > > >>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > > >>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > >>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > >>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > > >>>> following litmus test?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>     {}
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> > > >>>>     {
> > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > > >>>>     }
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> > > >>>>     {
> > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > > >>>>     }
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > > >>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > > >>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > > >>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > >>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > >>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> > > >>>
> > > >>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Regards,
> > > >>>> Boqun
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> >  Guo Ren
> >
> > ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Boqun Feng April 22, 2022, 3:11 a.m. UTC | #15
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 09:56:21AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:56 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:39:09PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > Hi Dan,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > > Thx Dan,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > >>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > >>>> [...]
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > > > >>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > > > >>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > > > >>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > > > >>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > > >>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > > >>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > > >>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > >>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > >>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > > >>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > > >>>>>                 "1:\n"
> > > > >>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > > > >>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > > > >>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > > > >>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > > > >>> sc.w.aq is executed:
> > > > >>> A: Pre-Access
> > > > >>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > > > >>> ...
> > > > >>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > > > >>> D: Post-Acess
> > > > >>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > > > >>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > > > >>> the amoswap
> > > > >>
> > > > >> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> > > > >> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> > > > >> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> > > > > 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> > > > > utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> > > > > sequence?
> > > >
> > > > lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
> > > > Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
> > > > is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
> > > > equivalents in C/C++ atomics.
> > > First, thx for pointing out that my patch violates the rules defined
> > > in the ISA manual. I've abandoned these parts in v3.
> > >
> > > It's easy to let hw support lr.rl & sc.aq (eg: our hardware supports
> > > them). I agree there are no equivalents in C/C++ atomics. But they are
> > > useful for LR/SC pairs to implement atomic_acqurie/release semantics.
> > > Compare below:
> > > A): fence rw, r; lr
> > > B): lr.rl
> > > The A has another "fence ,r" effect in semantics, it's over commit
> > > from a software design view.
> > >
> > > ps: Current definition has problems:
> > > #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER           "\tfence r , rw\n"
> > > #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER           "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> > >
> > > #define __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)                          \
> > > ...
> > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >
> > > That means "fence rw, w" can't prevent lr.w beyond the fence, we need
> > > a "fence.rw. r" here. Here is the Fixup patch which I'm preparing:
> > >
> >
> > That's not true. Note that RELEASE semantics only applies to the
> > write/store part of a read-modify-write atomic, similarly, ACQUIRE only
> I just want to point out that the "atomic" mentioned here is only for
> RISC-V LR/SC AMO instructions. It has been clarified to tread AMO
> instruction as the whole part for other AMO instructions.
> 
>      - .aq:   If the aq bit is set, then no later memory operations
>               in this RISC-V hart can be observed to take place
>               before the AMO.
>      - .rl:   If the rl bit is set, then other RISC-V harts will not
>               observe the AMO before memory accesses preceding the
>               AMO in this RISC-V hart.
>      - .aqrl: Setting both the aq and the rl bit on an AMO makes the
>               sequence sequentially consistent, meaning that it cannot
>               be reordered with earlier or later memory operations
>               from the same hart.
> 
> > applies to the read/load part. For example, the following litmus test
> > can observe the exists clause being true.
> Thx for pointing out, that means changing "fence rw, w" to "fence rw.
> r" is more strict and it would lower performance, right?

Yes, I think it's more strict but honestly I don't know the performance
impact ;-)

> 
> >
> >         {}
> >
> >         P0(int *x, int *y)
> >         {
> >                 int r0;
> >                 int r1;
> >
> >                 r0 = cmpxchg_acquire(x, 0, 1);
> >                 r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> Oh, READ_ONCE could be beyond the write/store part of cmpxchg_acquire,
> right? We shouldn't prevent it.

Right, the reordering is allowed by the API of Linux atomics and you
don't have to prevent it.

Regards,
Boqun

> 
> >         }
> >
> >         P1(int *x, int *y)
> >         {
> >                 int r0;
> >
> >                 WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> >                 smp_mb();
> >                 r0 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> >         }
> >
> >         exists (0:r0=0 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r0=0)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Boqun
> >
> > > From 14c93aca0c3b10cf134791cf491b459972a36ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:44:48 +0800
> > > Subject: [PATCH] riscv: atomic: Fixup wrong __atomic_acquire/release_fence
> > >  implementation
> > >
> > > Current RISCV_ACQUIRE/RELEASE_BARRIER is for spin_lock not atomic.
> > >
> > > __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)
> > > ...
> > >         __asm__ __volatile__ (
> > >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"
> > >
> > > The "fence rw, w -> lr.w" is invalid and lr would beyond fence, so
> > > we need "fence rw, r -> lr.w" here. Atomic acquire is the same.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 0123f4d76ca6 ("riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences")
> > > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
> > > Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> > > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> > > Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> > > Cc: Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
> > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > ---
> > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 4 ++--
> > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 8 ++++----
> > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h   | 4 ++++
> > >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > index aef8aa9ac4f4..7cd66eba6ec3 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
> > >  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> > >
> > >  #define __atomic_acquire_fence()                                       \
> > > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory")
> > > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "":::"memory")
> > >
> > >  #define __atomic_release_fence()                                       \
> > > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory");
> > > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER"" ::: "memory");
> > >
> > >  static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
> > >  {
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > index 9269fceb86e0..605edc2fca3b 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
> > >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> > >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> > >                         : "rJ" ((long)__old), "rJ" (__new)              \
> > > @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
> > >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> > >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> > >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> > >                         : "rJ" (__old), "rJ" (__new)                    \
> > > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
> > >         switch (size) {                                                 \
> > >         case 4:                                                         \
> > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
> > >                 break;                                                  \
> > >         case 8:                                                         \
> > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> > >                         "0:     lr.d %0, %2\n"                          \
> > >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> > >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > index 2b443a3a487f..4e446d64f04f 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER          "\tfence r , rw\n"
> > >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER          "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER   "\tfence w , rw\n"
> > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER   "\tfence rw,  r\n"
> > >  #else
> > >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> > >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > >  #endif
> > >
> > >  #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FENCE_H */
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> > > > > right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
> > > > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > > >                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > > >                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > > >  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > >  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > >                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > > >  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > >
> > > > Yes, using .aqrl is valid.
> > > Thx and I think the below is also valid, right?
> > >
> > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > -                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > > +                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> > >
> > > -                       "       amoswap.d %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > +                       "       amoswap.d.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Dan
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > > > >>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > > > >>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > > >>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > >>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > > > >>>> following litmus test?
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>     {}
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> > > > >>>>     {
> > > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> > > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> > > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > > > >>>>     }
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> > > > >>>>     {
> > > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> > > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > > > >>>>     }
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > > > >>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > > > >>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > > > >>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > >>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > >>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > > >>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Regards,
> > > > >>>> Boqun
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best Regards
> > >  Guo Ren
> > >
> > > ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards
>  Guo Ren
> 
> ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Guo Ren April 24, 2022, 7:52 a.m. UTC | #16
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 11:11 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 09:56:21AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 6:56 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 05:39:09PM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > Hi Dan,
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 1:03 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On 4/20/2022 1:33 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > > > Thx Dan,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 1:12 AM Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> On 4/17/2022 12:51 AM, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > > >>> Hi Boqun & Andrea,
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 10:26 AM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:49:44AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> > > > > >>>> [...]
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>> If both the aq and rl bits are set, the atomic memory operation is
> > > > > >>>>> sequentially consistent and cannot be observed to happen before any
> > > > > >>>>> earlier memory operations or after any later memory operations in the
> > > > > >>>>> same RISC-V hart and to the same address domain.
> > > > > >>>>>                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > > > >>>>>                 "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > > > >>>>>                 "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > > > >>>>> -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > > >>>>> +               "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > > >>>>>                 "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > > > >>>>> -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > > > >>>>>                 "1:\n"
> > > > > >>>>> So .rl + fence rw, rw is over constraints, only using sc.w.aqrl is more proper.
> > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Can .aqrl order memory accesses before and after it (not against itself,
> > > > > >>>> against each other), i.e. act as a full memory barrier? For example, can
> > > > > >>> From the RVWMO spec description, the .aqrl annotation appends the same
> > > > > >>> effect with "fence rw, rw" to the AMO instruction, so it's RCsc.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> Not only .aqrl, and I think the below also could be an RCsc when
> > > > > >>> sc.w.aq is executed:
> > > > > >>> A: Pre-Access
> > > > > >>> B: lr.w.rl ADDR-0
> > > > > >>> ...
> > > > > >>> C: sc.w.aq ADDR-0
> > > > > >>> D: Post-Acess
> > > > > >>> Because sc.w.aq has overlap address & data dependency on lr.w.rl, the
> > > > > >>> global memory order should be A->B->C->D when sc.w.aq is executed. For
> > > > > >>> the amoswap
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> These opcodes aren't actually meaningful, unfortunately.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Quoting the ISA manual chapter 10.2: "Software should not set the rl bit
> > > > > >> on an LR instruction unless the aq bit is also set, nor should software
> > > > > >> set the aq bit on an SC instruction unless the rl bit is also set."
> > > > > > 1. Oh, I've missed the behind half of the ISA manual. But why can't we
> > > > > > utilize lr.rl & sc.aq in software programming to guarantee the
> > > > > > sequence?
> > > > >
> > > > > lr.aq and sc.rl map more naturally to hardware than lr.rl and sc.aq.
> > > > > Plus, they just aren't common operations to begin with, e.g., there
> > > > > is no smp_store_acquire() or smp_load_release(), nor are there
> > > > > equivalents in C/C++ atomics.
> > > > First, thx for pointing out that my patch violates the rules defined
> > > > in the ISA manual. I've abandoned these parts in v3.
> > > >
> > > > It's easy to let hw support lr.rl & sc.aq (eg: our hardware supports
> > > > them). I agree there are no equivalents in C/C++ atomics. But they are
> > > > useful for LR/SC pairs to implement atomic_acqurie/release semantics.
> > > > Compare below:
> > > > A): fence rw, r; lr
> > > > B): lr.rl
> > > > The A has another "fence ,r" effect in semantics, it's over commit
> > > > from a software design view.
> > > >
> > > > ps: Current definition has problems:
> > > > #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER           "\tfence r , rw\n"
> > > > #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER           "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> > > >
> > > > #define __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)                          \
> > > > ...
> > > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >
> > > > That means "fence rw, w" can't prevent lr.w beyond the fence, we need
> > > > a "fence.rw. r" here. Here is the Fixup patch which I'm preparing:
> > > >
> > >
> > > That's not true. Note that RELEASE semantics only applies to the
> > > write/store part of a read-modify-write atomic, similarly, ACQUIRE only
> > I just want to point out that the "atomic" mentioned here is only for
> > RISC-V LR/SC AMO instructions. It has been clarified to tread AMO
> > instruction as the whole part for other AMO instructions.
> >
> >      - .aq:   If the aq bit is set, then no later memory operations
> >               in this RISC-V hart can be observed to take place
> >               before the AMO.
> >      - .rl:   If the rl bit is set, then other RISC-V harts will not
> >               observe the AMO before memory accesses preceding the
> >               AMO in this RISC-V hart.
> >      - .aqrl: Setting both the aq and the rl bit on an AMO makes the
> >               sequence sequentially consistent, meaning that it cannot
> >               be reordered with earlier or later memory operations
> >               from the same hart.
> >
> > > applies to the read/load part. For example, the following litmus test
> > > can observe the exists clause being true.
> > Thx for pointing out, that means changing "fence rw, w" to "fence rw.
> > r" is more strict and it would lower performance, right?
>
> Yes, I think it's more strict but honestly I don't know the performance
> impact ;-)
>
> >
> > >
> > >         {}
> > >
> > >         P0(int *x, int *y)
> > >         {
> > >                 int r0;
> > >                 int r1;
> > >
> > >                 r0 = cmpxchg_acquire(x, 0, 1);
> > >                 r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > Oh, READ_ONCE could be beyond the write/store part of cmpxchg_acquire,
> > right? We shouldn't prevent it.
>
> Right, the reordering is allowed by the API of Linux atomics and you
> don't have to prevent it.
Thx, you are right, I got it.

>
> Regards,
> Boqun
>
> >
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         P1(int *x, int *y)
> > >         {
> > >                 int r0;
> > >
> > >                 WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > >                 smp_mb();
> > >                 r0 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         exists (0:r0=0 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r0=0)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Boqun
> > >
> > > > From 14c93aca0c3b10cf134791cf491b459972a36ec4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > > From: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > > > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:44:48 +0800
> > > > Subject: [PATCH] riscv: atomic: Fixup wrong __atomic_acquire/release_fence
> > > >  implementation
> > > >
> > > > Current RISCV_ACQUIRE/RELEASE_BARRIER is for spin_lock not atomic.
> > > >
> > > > __cmpxchg_release(ptr, old, new, size)
> > > > ...
> > > >         __asm__ __volatile__ (
> > > >                         RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"
> > > >
> > > > The "fence rw, w -> lr.w" is invalid and lr would beyond fence, so
> > > > we need "fence rw, r -> lr.w" here. Atomic acquire is the same.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 0123f4d76ca6 ("riscv/spinlock: Strengthen implementations with fences")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>
> > > > Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> > > > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> > > > Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> > > > Cc: Dan Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
> > > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > > > ---
> > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h  | 4 ++--
> > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 8 ++++----
> > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h   | 4 ++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > > index aef8aa9ac4f4..7cd66eba6ec3 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/atomic.h
> > > > @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
> > > >  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> > > >
> > > >  #define __atomic_acquire_fence()                                       \
> > > > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory")
> > > > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER "":::"memory")
> > > >
> > > >  #define __atomic_release_fence()                                       \
> > > > -       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER "" ::: "memory");
> > > > +       __asm__ __volatile__(RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER"" ::: "memory");
> > > >
> > > >  static __always_inline int arch_atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
> > > >  {
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > > index 9269fceb86e0..605edc2fca3b 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> > > > @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
> > > >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> > > >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> > > >                         : "rJ" ((long)__old), "rJ" (__new)              \
> > > > @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
> > > >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> > > >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > >                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                    \
> > > >                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > >                         : "=&r" (__ret), "=&r" (__rc), "+A" (*__ptr)    \
> > > >                         : "rJ" (__old), "rJ" (__new)                    \
> > > > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
> > > >         switch (size) {                                                 \
> > > >         case 4:                                                         \
> > > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> > > >                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > >                         "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > > @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
> > > >                 break;                                                  \
> > > >         case 8:                                                         \
> > > >                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > +                       RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER                    \
> > > >                         "0:     lr.d %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > >                         "       bne %0, %z3, 1f\n"                      \
> > > >                         "       sc.d %1, %z4, %2\n"                     \
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > > index 2b443a3a487f..4e446d64f04f 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/fence.h
> > > > @@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
> > > >  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > > >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER          "\tfence r , rw\n"
> > > >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER          "\tfence rw,  w\n"
> > > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER   "\tfence w , rw\n"
> > > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER   "\tfence rw,  r\n"
> > > >  #else
> > > >  #define RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> > > >  #define RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
> > > > +#define RISCV_ATOMIC_RELEASE_BARRIER
> > > >  #endif
> > > >
> > > >  #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_FENCE_H */
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Using .aqrl to replace the fence rw, rw is okay to ISA manual,
> > > > > > right? And reducing a fence instruction to gain better performance:
> > > > > >                 "0:     lr.w     %[p],  %[c]\n"
> > > > > >                  "       sub      %[rc], %[p], %[o]\n"
> > > > > >                  "       bltz     %[rc], 1f\n".
> > > > > >  -               "       sc.w.rl  %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > > >  +              "       sc.w.aqrl %[rc], %[rc], %[c]\n"
> > > > > >                  "       bnez     %[rc], 0b\n"
> > > > > >  -               "       fence    rw, rw\n"
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, using .aqrl is valid.
> > > > Thx and I think the below is also valid, right?
> > > >
> > > > -                       RISCV_RELEASE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > -                       "       amoswap.w %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > > > +                       "       amoswap.w.rl %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> > > >
> > > > -                       "       amoswap.d %0, %2, %1\n"                 \
> > > > -                       RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER                           \
> > > > +                       "       amoswap.d.aq %0, %2, %1\n"              \
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Dan
> > > > >
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Dan
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> The purpose of the whole patchset is to reduce the usage of
> > > > > >>> independent fence rw, rw instructions, and maximize the usage of the
> > > > > >>> .aq/.rl/.aqrl aonntation of RISC-V.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>                 __asm__ __volatile__ (                                  \
> > > > > >>>                         "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > > >>>                         "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>> we end up with u == 1, v == 1, r1 on P0 is 0 and r1 on P1 is 0, for the
> > > > > >>>> following litmus test?
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     C lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     {}
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     P0(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *u)
> > > > > >>>>     {
> > > > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*x, 1);
> > > > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(u, 0, 1);
> > > > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*y);
> > > > > >>>>     }
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     P1(int *x, int *y, atomic_t *v)
> > > > > >>>>     {
> > > > > >>>>             int r0;
> > > > > >>>>             int r1;
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>             WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
> > > > > >>>>             r0 = atomic_cmpxchg(v, 0, 1);
> > > > > >>>>             r1 = READ_ONCE(*x);
> > > > > >>>>     }
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>>     exists (u=1 /\ v=1 /\ 0:r1=0 /\ 1:r1=0)
> > > > > >>> I think my patchset won't affect the above sequence guarantee. Current
> > > > > >>> RISC-V implementation only gives RCsc when the original value is the
> > > > > >>> same at least once. So I prefer RISC-V cmpxchg should be:
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> -                       "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > > >>> +                      "0:     lr.w.rl %0, %2\n"                          \
> > > > > >>>                         "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
> > > > > >>>                         "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
> > > > > >>>                         "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
> > > > > >>> -                       "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
> > > > > >>>                         "1:\n"                                          \
> > > > > >>> +                        "       fence w, rw\n"                    \
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> To give an unconditional RSsc for atomic_cmpxchg.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>>
> > > > > >>>> Regards,
> > > > > >>>> Boqun
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Best Regards
> > > >  Guo Ren
> > > >
> > > > ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards
> >  Guo Ren
> >
> > ML: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-csky/
Guo Ren April 24, 2022, 8:33 a.m. UTC | #17
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 7:41 AM Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f
> > > ("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit
> > > fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no
> > > longer needs a fix?
> >
> > I'm not reverting the prior patch, just optimizing it.
> >
> > In RISC-V “A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions spec, it said:
>
> With reference to the RISC-V herd specification at:
>
>   https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual.git
>
> the issue, better, lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier seems to _no longer_
> need a fix since commit:
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w.rl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
                        "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
Above is the current implementation, and the logic is in conflict. If
we want full-barrier, we should implement like below:
                        fence rw, w
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \
                        "       fence rw, rw\n"                         \
Above we could let lr.w & sc.w executed fastest. If we think .aq/.rl
won't affect forward guarantee, we should implement like below:
                        "0:     lr.w %0, %2\n"                          \
                        "       bne  %0, %z3, 1f\n"                     \
                        "       sc.w.aqrl %1, %z4, %2\n"                  \
                        "       bnez %1, 0b\n"                          \

Using .aqrl is better than sc.w.rl + fence rw, rw, because lr/sc.rl
pair forward guarantee is the same with lr/sw.aqrl and only sc.rl part
would affect the speed of lr/sc speed. Second, it could reduce one
fence rw, rw overhead. So for riscv, we needn't put a full-barrier
after sc like arm64 and use .aqrl instead.

>
>   03a5e722fc0f ("Updates to the memory consistency model spec")
>
> (here a template, to double check:
>
>   https://github.com/litmus-tests/litmus-tests-riscv/blob/master/tests/non-mixed-size/HAND/LR-SC-NOT-FENCE.litmus )
>
> I defer to Daniel/others for a "bi-section" of the prose specification.
> ;-)
>
>   Andrea