# git rev-parse -q --verify 3a34b13a88caeb2800ab44a4918f230041b37dd9^{commit} 3a34b13a88caeb2800ab44a4918f230041b37dd9 already have revision, skipping fetch # git checkout -q -f -B kisskb 3a34b13a88caeb2800ab44a4918f230041b37dd9 # git clean -qxdf # < git log -1 # commit 3a34b13a88caeb2800ab44a4918f230041b37dd9 # Author: Linus Torvalds # Date: Fri Jul 30 15:42:34 2021 -0700 # # pipe: make pipe writes always wake up readers # # Since commit 1b6b26ae7053 ("pipe: fix and clarify pipe write wakeup # logic") we have sanitized the pipe write logic, and would only try to # wake up readers if they needed it. # # In particular, if the pipe already had data in it before the write, # there was no point in trying to wake up a reader, since any existing # readers must have been aware of the pre-existing data already. Doing # extraneous wakeups will only cause potential thundering herd problems. # # However, it turns out that some Android libraries have misused the EPOLL # interface, and expected "edge triggered" be to "any new write will # trigger it". Even if there was no edge in sight. # # Quoting Sandeep Patil: # "The commit 1b6b26ae7053 ('pipe: fix and clarify pipe write wakeup # logic') changed pipe write logic to wakeup readers only if the pipe # was empty at the time of write. However, there are libraries that # relied upon the older behavior for notification scheme similar to # what's described in [1] # # One such library 'realm-core'[2] is used by numerous Android # applications. The library uses a similar notification mechanism as GNU # Make but it never drains the pipe until it is full. When Android moved # to v5.10 kernel, all applications using this library stopped working. # # The library has since been fixed[3] but it will be a while before all # applications incorporate the updated library" # # Our regression rule for the kernel is that if applications break from # new behavior, it's a regression, even if it was because the application # did something patently wrong. Also note the original report [4] by # Michal Kerrisk about a test for this epoll behavior - but at that point # we didn't know of any actual broken use case. # # So add the extraneous wakeup, to approximate the old behavior. # # [ I say "approximate", because the exact old behavior was to do a wakeup # not for each write(), but for each pipe buffer chunk that was filled # in. The behavior introduced by this change is not that - this is just # "every write will cause a wakeup, whether necessary or not", which # seems to be sufficient for the broken library use. ] # # It's worth noting that this adds the extraneous wakeup only for the # write side, while the read side still considers the "edge" to be purely # about reading enough from the pipe to allow further writes. # # See commit f467a6a66419 ("pipe: fix and clarify pipe read wakeup logic") # for the pipe read case, which remains that "only wake up if the pipe was # full, and we read something from it". # # Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wjeG0q1vgzu4iJhW5juPkTsjTYmiqiMUYAebWW+0bam6w@mail.gmail.com/ [1] # Link: https://github.com/realm/realm-core [2] # Link: https://github.com/realm/realm-core/issues/4666 [3] # Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAKgNAkjMBGeAwF=2MKK758BhxvW58wYTgYKB2V-gY1PwXxrH+Q@mail.gmail.com/ [4] # Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210729222635.2937453-1-sspatil@android.com/ # Reported-by: Sandeep Patil # Cc: Michael Kerrisk # Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds # < /opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux-gcc --version # < /opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux-ld --version # < git log --format=%s --max-count=1 3a34b13a88caeb2800ab44a4918f230041b37dd9 # < make -s -j 120 ARCH=sparc64 O=/kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux- allmodconfig # Added to kconfig CONFIG_BUILD_DOCSRC=n # Added to kconfig CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD=n # Added to kconfig CONFIG_SAMPLES=n # Added to kconfig CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=n # < make -s -j 120 ARCH=sparc64 O=/kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux- help # make -s -j 120 ARCH=sparc64 O=/kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux- olddefconfig # make -s -j 120 ARCH=sparc64 O=/kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux- :1515:2: warning: #warning syscall clone3 not implemented [-Wcpp] /kisskb/src/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c: In function 'start_kthread': /kisskb/src/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c:1461:8: warning: 'main' is usually a function [-Wmain] void *main = osnoise_main; ^ In file included from /kisskb/src/include/linux/kernel.h:16:0, from /kisskb/src/include/linux/list.h:9, from /kisskb/src/include/linux/module.h:12, from /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_pool.c:34: /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_pool.c: In function 'ttm_pool_alloc': /kisskb/src/include/linux/minmax.h:20:28: warning: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast (!!(sizeof((typeof(x) *)1 == (typeof(y) *)1))) ^ /kisskb/src/include/linux/minmax.h:26:4: note: in expansion of macro '__typecheck' (__typecheck(x, y) && __no_side_effects(x, y)) ^ /kisskb/src/include/linux/minmax.h:36:24: note: in expansion of macro '__safe_cmp' __builtin_choose_expr(__safe_cmp(x, y), \ ^ /kisskb/src/include/linux/minmax.h:45:19: note: in expansion of macro '__careful_cmp' #define min(x, y) __careful_cmp(x, y, <) ^ /kisskb/src/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_pool.c:386:15: note: in expansion of macro 'min' for (order = min(MAX_ORDER - 1UL, __fls(num_pages)); num_pages; ^ /kisskb/src/drivers/input/joystick/analog.c:160:2: warning: #warning Precise timer not defined for this architecture. [-Wcpp] #warning Precise timer not defined for this architecture. ^ In file included from :0:0: /kisskb/src/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c: In function 'ifh_encode_bitfield': /kisskb/src/include/linux/compiler_types.h:328:38: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_418' declared with attribute error: Unsupported width, must be <= 40 _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__) ^ /kisskb/src/include/linux/compiler_types.h:309:4: note: in definition of macro '__compiletime_assert' prefix ## suffix(); \ ^ /kisskb/src/include/linux/compiler_types.h:328:2: note: in expansion of macro '_compiletime_assert' _compiletime_assert(condition, msg, __compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__) ^ /kisskb/src/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.c:28:2: note: in expansion of macro 'compiletime_assert' compiletime_assert(width <= 40, "Unsupported width, must be <= 40"); ^ make[6]: *** [/kisskb/src/scripts/Makefile.build:271: drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_netdev.o] Error 1 make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[5]: *** [/kisskb/src/scripts/Makefile.build:514: drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5] Error 2 make[4]: *** [/kisskb/src/scripts/Makefile.build:514: drivers/net/ethernet/microchip] Error 2 make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[3]: *** [/kisskb/src/scripts/Makefile.build:514: drivers/net/ethernet] Error 2 make[2]: *** [/kisskb/src/scripts/Makefile.build:514: drivers/net] Error 2 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [/kisskb/src/Makefile:1842: drivers] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:220: __sub-make] Error 2 Command 'make -s -j 120 ARCH=sparc64 O=/kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-sparc64-full-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/sparc64-linux- ' returned non-zero exit status 2 # rm -rf /kisskb/build/linus_sparc64-allmodconfig_sparc64 # Build took: 0:08:31.526427