From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-team@fb.com, mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com,
dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com,
joel@joelfernandes.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE to rcu_node ->exp_seq_rq store
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 02:58:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200215105803.GY2935@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200214224743.280772a7@oasis.local.home>
On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 10:47:43PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:55:43 -0800
> paulmck@kernel.org wrote:
>
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
> >
> > The rcu_node structure's ->exp_seq_rq field is read locklessly, so
> > this commit adds the WRITE_ONCE() to a load in order to provide proper
> > documentation and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairing.
> >
> > This data race was reported by KCSAN. Not appropriate for backporting
> > due to failure being unlikely.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > index d7e0484..85b009e 100644
> > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
> > @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static bool exp_funnel_lock(unsigned long s)
> > sync_exp_work_done(s));
> > return true;
> > }
> > - rnp->exp_seq_rq = s; /* Followers can wait on us. */
> > + WRITE_ONCE(rnp->exp_seq_rq, s); /* Followers can wait on us. */
>
> Didn't Linus say this is basically bogus?
>
> Perhaps just using it as documenting that it's read locklessly, but is
> it really needed?
Yes, Linus explicitly stated that WRITE_ONCE() is not required in
this case, but he also said that he was OK with it being there for
documentation purposes.
And within RCU, I -do- need it because I absolutely need to see if a
given patch introduced new KCSAN reports. So I need it for the same
reason that I need the build to proceed without warnings.
Others who are working with less concurrency-intensive code might quite
reasonably make other choices, of course. And my setting certain KCSAN
config options in my own builds doesn't inconvenience them, so we should
all be happy, right? :-)
Thanx, Paul
> -- Steve
>
>
>
> > spin_unlock(&rnp->exp_lock);
> > trace_rcu_exp_funnel_lock(rcu_state.name, rnp->level,
> > rnp->grplo, rnp->grphi, TPS("nxtlvl"));
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-15 10:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-14 23:55 [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/30] Miscellaneous fixes for v5.7 Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 01/30] nfs: Fix nfs_access_get_cached_rcu() sparse error paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 02/30] rcu: Warn on for_each_leaf_node_cpu_mask() from non-leaf paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/30] rcu: Fix exp_funnel_lock()/rcu_exp_wait_wake() datarace paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 04/30] rcu: Provide debug symbols and line numbers in KCSAN runs paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 05/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_node ->qsmask update paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 06/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE to rcu_node ->exp_seq_rq store paulmck
2020-02-15 3:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-02-15 10:58 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2020-02-17 21:11 ` Joel Fernandes
2020-02-17 21:36 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/30] rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_node ->gp_seq paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 08/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_req_activity paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 09/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_node ->qsmaskinitnext paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/30] locking/rtmutex: rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rt_mutex ->owner paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 11/30] rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_segcblist ->tails[] paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/30] rcu: *_ONCE() for grace-period progress indicators paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 13/30] rcu: Fix typos in beginning comments paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 14/30] rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_data ->gpwrap paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 15/30] rcu: Add *_ONCE() to rcu_data ->rcu_forced_tick paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 16/30] rcu: Add *_ONCE() to rcu_node ->boost_kthread_status paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 17/30] timer: Use hlist_unhashed_lockless() in timer_pending() paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 18/30] rcu: Remove dead code from rcu_segcblist_insert_pend_cbs() paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 19/30] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_start paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 20/30] rcu: Fix rcu_barrier_callback() race condition paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 21/30] rculist: Add brackets around cond argument in __list_check_rcu macro paulmck
2020-02-14 23:55 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 22/30] rcu: Don't flag non-starting GPs before GP kthread is running paulmck
2020-02-15 3:53 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-02-15 11:01 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-15 13:42 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-17 20:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-02-17 22:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-17 22:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-02-17 23:03 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 23/30] rcu: Add missing annotation for rcu_nocb_bypass_lock() paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 24/30] rcu/nocb: Add missing annotation for rcu_nocb_bypass_unlock() paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 25/30] rcu: Optimize and protect atomic_cmpxchg() loop paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 26/30] rcu: Tighten rcu_lockdep_assert_cblist_protected() check paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 27/30] rcu: Make nocb_gp_wait() double-check unexpected-callback warning paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 28/30] rcu: Mark rcu_state.ncpus to detect concurrent writes paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 29/30] rcu: Mark rcu_state.gp_seq " paulmck
2020-02-14 23:56 ` [PATCH tip/core/rcu 30/30] rcu: Make rcu_barrier() account for offline no-CBs CPUs paulmck
2020-02-25 10:24 ` Boqun Feng
2020-02-26 3:14 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-26 4:18 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-02-26 6:14 ` Boqun Feng
2020-02-26 15:02 ` Paul E. McKenney
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20200215105803.GY2935@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72 \
--to=paulmck@kernel.org \
--cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
--cc=dhowells@redhat.com \
--cc=dipankar@in.ibm.com \
--cc=edumazet@google.com \
--cc=fweisbec@gmail.com \
--cc=jiangshanlai@gmail.com \
--cc=joel@joelfernandes.org \
--cc=josh@joshtriplett.org \
--cc=kernel-team@fb.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com \
--cc=mingo@kernel.org \
--cc=oleg@redhat.com \
--cc=peterz@infradead.org \
--cc=rcu@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=rostedt@goodmis.org \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
--cc=torvalds@linux-foundation.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).