On 04/19/2010 12:41 PM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
The RCU/SRCU API have already changed for proving RCU usage. I got the following dmesg when PROVE_RCU=y because we used incorrect API. This patch coverts rcu_deference() to srcu_dereference() or family API. =================================================== [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c:3020 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 2 locks held by qemu-system-x86/8550: #0: (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa011a6ac>] kvm_set_memory_region+0x29/0x50 [kvm] #1: (&(&kvm->mmu_lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffa012262d>] kvm_arch_commit_memory_region+0xa6/0xe2 [kvm] stack backtrace: Pid: 8550, comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 2.6.34-rc4-tip-01028-g939eab1 #27 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8106c59e>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xaa/0xb3 [<ffffffffa012f6c1>] kvm_mmu_calculate_mmu_pages+0x44/0x7d [kvm] [<ffffffffa012263e>] kvm_arch_commit_memory_region+0xb7/0xe2 [kvm] [<ffffffffa011a5d7>] __kvm_set_memory_region+0x636/0x6e2 [kvm] [<ffffffffa011a6ba>] kvm_set_memory_region+0x37/0x50 [kvm] [<ffffffffa015e956>] vmx_set_tss_addr+0x46/0x5a [kvm_intel] [<ffffffffa0126592>] kvm_arch_vm_ioctl+0x17a/0xcf8 [kvm] [<ffffffff810a8692>] ? unlock_page+0x27/0x2c [<ffffffff810bf879>] ? __do_fault+0x3a9/0x3e1 [<ffffffffa011b12f>] kvm_vm_ioctl+0x364/0x38d [kvm] [<ffffffff81060cfa>] ? up_read+0x23/0x3d [<ffffffff810f3587>] vfs_ioctl+0x32/0xa6 [<ffffffff810f3b19>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x495/0x4db [<ffffffff810e6b2f>] ? fget_light+0xc2/0x241 [<ffffffff810e416c>] ? do_sys_open+0x104/0x116 [<ffffffff81382d6d>] ? retint_swapgs+0xe/0x13 [<ffffffff810f3ba6>] sys_ioctl+0x47/0x6a [<ffffffff810021db>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b +static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm) +{ + return rcu_dereference_check(kvm->memslots, + srcu_read_lock_held(&kvm->srcu) + || lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock)); +} +
This open-codes srcu_dereference(). I guess we need an srcu_dereference_check(). Paul?
btw, perhaps it is possible not to call rcu_dereference from the write paths.
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