Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/4] srcu: Add READ_ONCE() to srcu_struct ->srcu_gp_seq load

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

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 10:32:20AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 01:45:07PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 04:29:32PM -0800, paulmck@kernel.org wrote:
> > > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > > 
> > > The load of the srcu_struct structure's ->srcu_gp_seq field in
> > > srcu_funnel_gp_start() is lockless, so this commit adds the requisite
> > > READ_ONCE().
> > > 
> > > This data race was reported by KCSAN.
> > 
> > But is there in actual fact a data-race? AFAICT this code was just fine.
> 
> Now that you mention it, the lock is held at that point, isn't it?  So if
> that READ_ONCE() actually does anything, there is a bug somewhere else.
> 
> Good catch, I will drop this patch, thank you!

But looking more closely, I saw a lockless update to that field.  Which
can be argued to be sort of OK, but it definitely was not the intent.
So please see below for the updated patch.

							Thanx, Paul

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commit 52324a7b8a025f47a1a1a9fbd23ffe59fa764764
Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri Jan 3 11:42:05 2020 -0800

    srcu: Hold srcu_struct ->lock when updating ->srcu_gp_seq
    
    A read of the srcu_struct structure's ->srcu_gp_seq field should not
    need READ_ONCE() when that structure's ->lock is held.  Except that this
    lock is not always held when updating this field.  This commit therefore
    acquires the lock around updates and removes a now-unneeded READ_ONCE().
    
    This data race was reported by KCSAN.
    
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
    [ paulmck: Switch from READ_ONCE() to lock per Peter Zilstra question. ]

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 119a373..c19c1df 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static void srcu_gp_start(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 	spin_unlock_rcu_node(sdp);  /* Interrupts remain disabled. */
 	smp_mb(); /* Order prior store to ->srcu_gp_seq_needed vs. GP start. */
 	rcu_seq_start(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
-	state = rcu_seq_state(READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_gp_seq));
+	state = rcu_seq_state(ssp->srcu_gp_seq);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(state != SRCU_STATE_SCAN1);
 }
 
@@ -1130,7 +1130,9 @@ static void srcu_advance_state(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 			return; /* readers present, retry later. */
 		}
 		srcu_flip(ssp);
+		spin_lock_irq_rcu_node(ssp);
 		rcu_seq_set_state(&ssp->srcu_gp_seq, SRCU_STATE_SCAN2);
+		spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(ssp);
 	}
 
 	if (rcu_seq_state(READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_gp_seq)) == SRCU_STATE_SCAN2) {