On 24/04/20 07:48, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > +/* > + * Note: this provides no serialization and, just as with waitqueues, > + * requires care to estimate as to whether or not the wait is active. > + */ > +static inline int rcuwait_active(struct rcuwait *w) > +{ > + return !!rcu_dereference(w->task); > +} This needs to be changed to rcu_access_pointer: --------------- 8< ----------------- From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] rcuwait: avoid lockdep splats from rcuwait_active() rcuwait_active only returns whether w->task is not NULL. This is exactly one of the usecases that are mentioned in the documentation for rcu_access_pointer() where it is correct to bypass lockdep checks. This avoids a splat from kvm_vcpu_on_spin(). Reported-by: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/include/linux/rcuwait.h b/include/linux/rcuwait.h index c1414ce44abc..61c56cca95c4 100644 --- a/include/linux/rcuwait.h +++ b/include/linux/rcuwait.h @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static inline void rcuwait_init(struct rcuwait *w) */ static inline int rcuwait_active(struct rcuwait *w) { - return !!rcu_dereference(w->task); + return !!rcu_access_pointer(w->task); } extern int rcuwait_wake_up(struct rcuwait *w); Paolo