From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752138AbdLATiC (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:38:02 -0500 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:55860 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751680AbdLATg5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:36:57 -0500 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: 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, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/17] rcu: Avoid ->dynticks_nesting store tearing Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 11:36:43 -0800 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20171201193625.GA20681@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20171201193625.GA20681@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17120119-0048-0000-0000-0000020E3974 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00008137; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000243; SDB=6.00953995; UDB=6.00482082; IPR=6.00734070; BA=6.00005726; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00018295; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-12-01 19:36:54 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17120119-0049-0000-0000-0000435622F5 Message-Id: <1512157008-22355-12-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-12-01_05:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1709140000 definitions=main-1712010228 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Although ->dynticks_nesting is updated only by process level, it is accessed from hardirq to check for interrupt-from-idle quiescent states. Store tearing is thus possible, so this commit applies WRITE_ONCE() to ->dynticks_nesting stores. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 80cada11f544..b2ded4d436c6 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(bool user) do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp); } rcu_prepare_for_idle(); - rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 0; + WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting, 0); /* Avoid irq-access tearing. */ rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter(); rcu_dynticks_task_enter(); } @@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_exit(bool user) rdtp->dynticks_nesting++; } else { rcu_eqs_exit_common(1, user); - rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 1; + WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting, 1); WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE); } } @@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp) if (rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist) && /* No early-boot CBs? */ !init_nocb_callback_list(rdp)) rcu_segcblist_init(&rdp->cblist); /* Re-enable callbacks. */ - rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting = 1; + rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting = 1; /* CPU not up, no tearing. */ rcu_dynticks_eqs_online(); raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp); /* irqs remain disabled. */ -- 2.5.2