Revert "refcount_t: Add ACQUIRE ordering on success for dec(sub)_and_test() variants"

hulk inclusion
category: bugfix
bugzilla: NA
CVE: NA

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This reverts commit 99294378.

288e4521 ("x86/asm: 'Simplify' GEN_*_RMWcc() macros") need
be apply before this commit to avoid compile error.
Signed-off-by: NYang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>

Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst

@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ must propagate to all other CPUs before the release operation
 (A-cumulative property). This is implemented using
 :c:func:`smp_store_release`.
 
-An ACQUIRE memory ordering guarantees that all post loads and
-stores (all po-later instructions) on the same CPU are
-completed after the acquire operation. It also guarantees that all
-po-later stores on the same CPU must propagate to all other CPUs
-after the acquire operation executes. This is implemented using
-:c:func:`smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep`.
-
 A control dependency (on success) for refcounters guarantees that
 if a reference for an object was successfully obtained (reference
 counter increment or addition happened, function returned true),
@@ -126,24 +119,13 @@ Memory ordering guarantees changes:
    result of obtaining pointer to the object!
 
 
-case 5) - generic dec/sub decrement-based RMW ops that return a value
----------------------------------------------------------------------
+case 5) - decrement-based RMW ops that return a value
+-----------------------------------------------------
 
 Function changes:
 
  * :c:func:`atomic_dec_and_test` --> :c:func:`refcount_dec_and_test`
  * :c:func:`atomic_sub_and_test` --> :c:func:`refcount_sub_and_test`
-
-Memory ordering guarantees changes:
-
- * fully ordered --> RELEASE ordering + ACQUIRE ordering on success
-
-
-case 6) other decrement-based RMW ops that return a value
----------------------------------------------------------
-
-Function changes:
-
  * no atomic counterpart --> :c:func:`refcount_dec_if_one`
  * ``atomic_add_unless(&var, -1, 1)`` --> ``refcount_dec_not_one(&var)``
 
@@ -154,7 +136,7 @@ Memory ordering guarantees changes:
 .. note:: :c:func:`atomic_add_unless` only provides full order on success.
 
 
-case 7) - lock-based RMW
+case 6) - lock-based RMW
 ------------------------
 
 Function changes:

arch/x86/include/asm/refcount.h

@@ -67,28 +67,14 @@ static __always_inline void refcount_dec(refcount_t *r)
 static __always_inline __must_check
 bool refcount_sub_and_test(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
 {
-	bool ret = GEN_BINARY_SUFFIXED_RMWcc(LOCK_PREFIX "subl", REFCOUNT_CHECK_LT_ZERO,
+	GEN_BINARY_SUFFIXED_RMWcc(LOCK_PREFIX "subl", REFCOUNT_CHECK_LT_ZERO,
 				  r->refs.counter, "er", i, "%0", e, "cx");
-
-	if (ret) {
-		smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check bool refcount_dec_and_test(refcount_t *r)
 {
-	bool ret = GEN_UNARY_SUFFIXED_RMWcc(LOCK_PREFIX "decl", REFCOUNT_CHECK_LT_ZERO,
+	GEN_UNARY_SUFFIXED_RMWcc(LOCK_PREFIX "decl", REFCOUNT_CHECK_LT_ZERO,
 				 r->refs.counter, "%0", e, "cx");
-
-	if (ret) {
-		smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check

lib/refcount.c

@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
  * Note that the allocator is responsible for ordering things between free()
  * and alloc().
  *
- * The decrements dec_and_test() and sub_and_test() also provide acquire
- * ordering on success.
- *
  */
 
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -167,8 +164,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_inc_checked);
  * at UINT_MAX.
  *
  * Provides release memory ordering, such that prior loads and stores are done
- * before, and provides an acquire ordering on success such that free()
- * must come after.
+ * before, and provides a control dependency such that free() must come after.
+ * See the comment on top.
  *
  * Use of this function is not recommended for the normal reference counting
  * use case in which references are taken and released one at a time.  In these
@@ -193,12 +190,7 @@ bool refcount_sub_and_test_checked(unsigned int i, refcount_t *r)
 
 	} while (!atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&r->refs, &val, new));
 
-	if (!new) {
-		smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-
+	return !new;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_sub_and_test_checked);
 
@@ -210,8 +202,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(refcount_sub_and_test_checked);
  * decrement when saturated at UINT_MAX.
  *
  * Provides release memory ordering, such that prior loads and stores are done
- * before, and provides an acquire ordering on success such that free()
- * must come after.
+ * before, and provides a control dependency such that free() must come after.
+ * See the comment on top.
  *
  * Return: true if the resulting refcount is 0, false otherwise
  */