From 83f5b01ffbbaea6f97c9a79d21e240dbfb69f2f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:14:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu: Fix long-grace-period race between forcing and initialization Very long RCU read-side critical sections (50 milliseconds or so) can cause a race between force_quiescent_state() and rcu_start_gp() as follows on kernel builds with multi-level rcu_node hierarchies: 1. CPU 0 calls force_quiescent_state(), sees that there is a grace period in progress, and acquires ->fsqlock. 2. CPU 1 detects the end of the grace period, and so cpu_quiet_msk_finish() sets rsp->completed to rsp->gpnum. This operation is carried out under the root rnp->lock, but CPU 0 has not yet acquired that lock. Note that rsp->signaled is still RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK from the last grace period. 3. CPU 1 calls rcu_start_gp(), but no one wants a new grace period, so it drops the root rnp->lock and returns. 4. CPU 0 acquires the root rnp->lock and picks up rsp->completed and rsp->signaled, then drops rnp->lock. It then enters the RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK leg of the switch statement. 5. CPU 2 invokes call_rcu(), and now needs a new grace period. It calls rcu_start_gp(), which acquires the root rnp->lock, sets rsp->signaled to RCU_GP_INIT (too bad that CPU 0 is already in the RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK leg of the switch statement!) and starts initializing the rcu_node hierarchy. If there are multiple levels to the hierarchy, it will drop the root rnp->lock and initialize the lower levels of the hierarchy. 6. CPU 0 notes that rsp->completed has not changed, which permits both CPU 2 and CPU 0 to try updating it concurrently. If CPU 0's update prevails, later calls to force_quiescent_state() can count old quiescent states against the new grace period, which can in turn result in premature ending of grace periods. Not good. This patch adds an RCU_GP_IDLE state for rsp->signaled that is set initially at boot time and any time a grace period ends. This prevents CPU 0 from getting into the workings of force_quiescent_state() in step 4. Additional locking and checks prevent the concurrent update of rsp->signaled in step 6. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com Cc: niv@us.ibm.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: dhowells@redhat.com LKML-Reference: <1256742889199-git-send-email-> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/rcutree.c | 16 +++++++++++----- kernel/rcutree.h | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c index 0536125b0497..f3077c0ab181 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ NUM_RCU_LVL_2, \ NUM_RCU_LVL_3, /* == MAX_RCU_LVLS */ \ }, \ - .signaled = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT, \ + .signaled = RCU_GP_IDLE, \ .gpnum = -300, \ .completed = -300, \ .onofflock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(&name.onofflock), \ @@ -657,14 +657,17 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags) * irqs disabled. */ rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(rsp, rnp) { - spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ + spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(rnp); rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit; rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum; - spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ + spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */ } + rnp = rcu_get_root(rsp); + spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */ rsp->signaled = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT; /* force_quiescent_state now OK. */ + spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rsp->onofflock, flags); } @@ -706,6 +709,7 @@ static void cpu_quiet_msk_finish(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags) { WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp)); rsp->completed = rsp->gpnum; + rsp->signaled = RCU_GP_IDLE; rcu_process_gp_end(rsp, rsp->rda[smp_processor_id()]); rcu_start_gp(rsp, flags); /* releases root node's rnp->lock. */ } @@ -1162,9 +1166,10 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) } spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); switch (signaled) { + case RCU_GP_IDLE: case RCU_GP_INIT: - break; /* grace period still initializing, ignore. */ + break; /* grace period idle or initializing, ignore. */ case RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK: @@ -1178,7 +1183,8 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_state *rsp, int relaxed) /* Update state, record completion counter. */ spin_lock(&rnp->lock); - if (lastcomp == rsp->completed) { + if (lastcomp == rsp->completed && + rsp->signaled == RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK) { rsp->signaled = RCU_FORCE_QS; dyntick_record_completed(rsp, lastcomp); } diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.h b/kernel/rcutree.h index 1823c6e20609..1899023b0962 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutree.h +++ b/kernel/rcutree.h @@ -201,9 +201,10 @@ struct rcu_data { }; /* Values for signaled field in struct rcu_state. */ -#define RCU_GP_INIT 0 /* Grace period being initialized. */ -#define RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK 1 /* Need to scan dyntick state. */ -#define RCU_FORCE_QS 2 /* Need to force quiescent state. */ +#define RCU_GP_IDLE 0 /* No grace period in progress. */ +#define RCU_GP_INIT 1 /* Grace period being initialized. */ +#define RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK 2 /* Need to scan dyntick state. */ +#define RCU_FORCE_QS 3 /* Need to force quiescent state. */ #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ #define RCU_SIGNAL_INIT RCU_SAVE_DYNTICK #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ */ -- 2.39.5