From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
rcu@vger.kernel.org, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu/nocb: Extend checks for offloaded rdp by migrate_disable
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 01:26:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210727232623.GE283787@lothringen> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210727192605.7q6ez2kbhd3a64wy@linutronix.de>
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 09:26:05PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2021-07-27 10:23:51 [-0700], Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > I don't fully understand why the CPU-hotplug lock matters here but this
> > > is beside the point ;)
> >
> > If I remember correctly, any attempt to change the offloaded state
> > must hold off CPU-hotplug operations. So if the current thread is
> > holding off CPU-hotplug operations, no other thread can be doing
> > an offload or de-offload operation.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "change the offloaded state". If the
> CPU-hotplug read-lock is acquired you are still preemptible. So you
> could migrate to another CPU at which point this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data)
> would change.
Sure but it's fine to read the offloaded state of a remote CPU if
CPU hotplug lock is held.
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > index 0ff5e4fb933e7..d8a623ba7d243 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
> > > @@ -57,16 +57,18 @@ static bool rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(struct rcu_data *rdp)
> > > * timers have their own means of synchronization against the
> > > * offloaded state updaters.
> > > */
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> > > RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(
> > > !(lockdep_is_held(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex) ||
> > > (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && lockdep_is_cpus_held()) ||
> > > rcu_lockdep_is_held_nocb(rdp) ||
> > > (rdp == this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data) &&
> > > - !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT) && preemptible())) ||
> > > + (!(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT) && preemptible()) ||
> >
> >
> > > + current->migration_disabled)) ||
> >
> > How does this change interact with the one proposed by Valentin?
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210721115118.729943-3-valentin.schneider@arm.com/
>
> So by looking at the series, it does the same thing. I would prefer
> is_pcpu_stable() rather then is_pcpu_safe() but that is a different
> topic.
> If we settle for this series instead someone should respond to that
> thread. Let me see if I find someone.
> I'm fine either way :)
Either way I believe it won't work, please check:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210727230814.GC283787@lothringen/
I wonder also, how many similar assumption out there do we have that
rely on softirqs not being preemptible. Most of them probably silent.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-27 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-27 16:38 [PATCH] rcu/nocb: Extend checks for offloaded rdp by migrate_disable Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2021-07-27 17:23 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-07-27 19:26 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2021-07-27 23:26 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2021-07-27 19:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-07-27 23:32 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2021-07-28 8:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-07-28 11:50 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2021-07-27 23:20 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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