From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, acme@redhat.com,
paulus@samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stern@rowland.harvard.edu, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
fweisbec@gmail.com, roland@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: perf_event_exit_task_context: s/rcu_dereference/rcu_dereference_raw/
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:50:16 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110121215016.GO17752@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110121175345.GB8796@redhat.com>
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 06:53:45PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 01/21, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > In theory, almost every user of task->child->perf_event_ctxp[]
> > is wrong. find_get_context() can install the new context at any
> > moment, we need read_barrier_depends().
>
> And perhaps it makes sense to fix them all, although the problem
> is only theoretical.
>
> > dbe08d82ce3967ccdf459f7951d02589cf967300 "perf: Fix
> > find_get_context() vs perf_event_exit_task() race" added
> > rcu_dereference() into perf_event_exit_task_context() to make
> > the precedent, but this makes __rcu_dereference_check() unhappy.
> > Use rcu_dereference_raw() to shut up the warning.
>
> But rcu_dereference_raw() looks a bit confusing, and it is not
> very convenient to use read_barrier_depends() directly.
>
> Paul, may be it makes sense to add the new trivial helper which
> can be used instead?
>
> Yes, this is only cosmetic issue, I know ;)
Cosmetic issues can be pretty important to the poor guy trying to read
the code. ;-)
What keeps the structure that rcu_dereference_raw() returns a pointer
to from going away? Best would be if a lockdep condition could be
constructed from the answer to this question and added to the appropriate
rcu_dereference() primitive.
Thanx, Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-21 21:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-08 14:56 Q: perf_event && task->ptrace_bps[] Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-08 14:57 ` Q: sys_perf_event_open() && PF_EXITING Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 18:21 ` [PATCH 0/2] Was: " Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/2] perf: fix find_get_context() vs perf_event_exit_task() race Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 18:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-19 19:18 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 15:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-01-21 15:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 17:45 ` [PATCH] perf: perf_event_exit_task_context: s/rcu_dereference/rcu_dereference_raw/ Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 17:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 21:50 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2011-01-24 11:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 22:12 ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 18:22 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf: fix perf_event_init_task()/perf_event_free_task() interaction Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 18:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-19 19:19 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-20 19:30 ` Q: perf_install_in_context/perf_event_enable are racy? Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 12:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-21 13:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-01-21 13:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-21 14:26 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-21 15:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-21 20:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-24 11:42 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-26 17:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-26 18:49 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-26 18:51 ` [PATCH] fix the theoretical task_cpu/task_curr problem in kick_process/task_oncpu_function_call Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-26 19:05 ` Q: perf_install_in_context/perf_event_enable are racy? Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-26 19:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-26 19:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-26 21:19 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-26 21:33 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-27 10:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 12:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 16:10 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-27 16:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 16:59 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-27 15:52 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-27 13:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 14:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 14:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 16:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-27 17:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-27 22:18 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 11:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-28 14:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-28 16:28 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 18:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-31 17:26 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-31 18:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-31 19:11 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-31 19:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 14:03 ` [PATCH] perf: Cure task_oncpu_function_call() races Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 17:27 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-02-01 18:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 18:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 21:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-08 14:57 ` Q: perf_event && event->owner Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-08 20:11 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-11-08 20:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-09 16:18 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-09 15:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-09 16:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-09 16:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-09 17:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-09 17:42 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-09 18:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-09 18:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-09 19:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-10 15:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-10 15:44 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-12 15:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-12 18:49 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-11-18 14:09 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix owner-list vs exit tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2010-11-08 18:41 ` Q: perf_event && task->ptrace_bps[] Frederic Weisbecker
2010-11-08 19:18 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-17 23:58 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-18 1:16 ` Roland McGrath
2011-01-17 20:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-17 20:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-17 21:01 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-18 16:09 ` [PATCH 0/2] perf: event->cpu checking fixes Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-18 16:10 ` [PATCH 1/2] perf: find_get_context: fix the per-cpu-counter check Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-18 19:06 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Find_get_context: " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-18 16:10 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf: validate cpu early in perf_event_alloc() Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-18 19:07 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Validate " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-18 18:42 ` Q: perf_event && task->ptrace_bps[] Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-19 15:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-19 20:05 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-20 17:28 ` Oleg Nesterov
2011-01-28 17:41 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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