Re: [PATCH RFC rcu 02/19] srcu: Use static init for statically allocated in-module srcu_struct

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 04:11:05AM +0000, Zhang, Qiang1 wrote:
> >
> >Further shrinking the srcu_struct structure is eased by requiring
> >that in-module srcu_struct structures rely more heavily on static
> >initialization.  In particular, this preserves the property that
> >a module-load-time srcu_struct initialization can fail only due
> >to memory-allocation failure of the per-CPU srcu_data structures.
> >It might also slightly improve robustness by keeping the number of memory
> >allocations that must succeed down percpu_alloc() call.
> >
> >This is in preparation for splitting an srcu_usage structure out
> >of the srcu_struct structure.
> >
> >[ paulmck: Fold in qiang1.zhang@intel.com feedback. ]
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> >Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> >---
> > include/linux/srcutree.h | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
> > kernel/rcu/srcutree.c    | 19 +++++++++++++------
> > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h
> >index ac8af12f93b3..428480152375 100644
> >--- a/include/linux/srcutree.h
> >+++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h
> >@@ -121,15 +121,24 @@ struct srcu_struct {
> > #define SRCU_STATE_SCAN1	1
> > #define SRCU_STATE_SCAN2	2
> > 
> >-#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, pcpu_name)							\
> >-{												\
> >-	.sda = &pcpu_name,									\
> >+#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_COMMON(name)								\
> > 	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(name.lock),						\
> > 	.srcu_gp_seq_needed = -1UL,								\
> > 	.work = __DELAYED_WORK_INITIALIZER(name.work, NULL, 0),					\
> >-	__SRCU_DEP_MAP_INIT(name)								\
> >+	__SRCU_DEP_MAP_INIT(name)
> >+
> >+#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_MODULE(name)								\
> >+{												\
> >+	__SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_COMMON(name)								\
> > }
> > 
> >+#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, pcpu_name)							\
> >+{												\
> >+	.sda = &pcpu_name,									\
> >+	__SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_COMMON(name)								\
> >+}
> >+
> >+
> > /*
> >  * Define and initialize a srcu struct at build time.
> >  * Do -not- call init_srcu_struct() nor cleanup_srcu_struct() on it.
> >@@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ struct srcu_struct {
> >  */
> > #ifdef MODULE
> > # define __DEFINE_SRCU(name, is_static)								\
> >-	is_static struct srcu_struct name;							\
> >+	is_static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_MODULE(name);			\
> > 	extern struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name;					\
> > 	struct srcu_struct * const __srcu_struct_##name						\
> > 		__section("___srcu_struct_ptrs") = &name
> >diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> >index cd46fe063e50..7a6d9452a5d0 100644
> >--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> >+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> >@@ -1895,13 +1895,14 @@ void __init srcu_init(void)
> > static int srcu_module_coming(struct module *mod)
> > {
> > 	int i;
> >+	struct srcu_struct *ssp;
> > 	struct srcu_struct **sspp = mod->srcu_struct_ptrs;
> >-	int ret;
> > 
> > 	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_srcu_structs; i++) {
> >-		ret = init_srcu_struct(*(sspp++));
> >-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret))
> >-			return ret;
> >+		ssp = *(sspp++);
> >+		ssp->sda = alloc_percpu(struct srcu_data);
> >+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->sda))
> >+			return -ENOMEM;
> > 	}
> > 	return 0;
> > }
> >@@ -1910,10 +1911,16 @@ static int srcu_module_coming(struct module *mod)
> > static void srcu_module_going(struct module *mod)
> > {
> > 	int i;
> >+	struct srcu_struct *ssp;
> > 	struct srcu_struct **sspp = mod->srcu_struct_ptrs;
> > 
> >-	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_srcu_structs; i++)
> >-		cleanup_srcu_struct(*(sspp++));
> >+	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_srcu_structs; i++) {
> >+		ssp = *(sspp++);
> >+		if (!rcu_seq_state(smp_load_acquire(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_gp_seq_needed)) &&
> >+		    !WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->srcu_sup->sda_is_static))
> >+				cleanup_srcu_struct(ssp);
> >+		free_percpu(ssp->sda);
> 
> 
> Hi Paul
> 
> About 037b80b8865fb ("srcu: Check for readers at module-exit time ")
> 
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -1911,7 +1911,8 @@ static void srcu_module_going(struct module *mod)
>                 if (!rcu_seq_state(smp_load_acquire(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_gp_seq_needed)) &&
>                     !WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->srcu_sup->sda_is_static))
>                         cleanup_srcu_struct(ssp);
> -               free_percpu(ssp->sda);
> +               else if (!WARN_ON(srcu_readers_active(ssp)))
> +                       free_percpu(ssp->sda);
> 
> Should the else statement be removed?  like this:
> 
> if (!WARN_ON(srcu_readers_active(ssp)))
> 	free_percpu(ssp->sda);

Mightn't that cause us to double-free ssp->sda?  Once in free_percpu(),
and before that in cleanup_srcu_struct()?

							Thanx, Paul

> Thanks
> Zqiang
> 
> 
> >+	}
> > }
> > 
> > /* Handle one module, either coming or going. */
> >-- 
> >2.40.0.rc2
> >