Re: [PATCH percpu/for-4.7-fixes 1/2] percpu: fix synchronization between chunk->map_extend_work and chunk destruction

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On 05/25/2016 05:44 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
Atomic allocations can trigger async map extensions which is serviced
by chunk->map_extend_work.  pcpu_balance_work which is responsible for
destroying idle chunks wasn't synchronizing properly against
chunk->map_extend_work and may end up freeing the chunk while the work
item is still in flight.

This patch fixes the bug by rolling async map extension operations
into pcpu_balance_work.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-and-tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.18+
Fixes: 9c824b6a172c ("percpu: make sure chunk->map array has available space")

I didn't spot issues, but I'm not that familiar with the code, so it doesn't mean much. Just one question below:

---
 mm/percpu.c |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct pcpu_chunk {
 	int			map_used;	/* # of map entries used before the sentry */
 	int			map_alloc;	/* # of map entries allocated */
 	int			*map;		/* allocation map */
-	struct work_struct	map_extend_work;/* async ->map[] extension */
+	struct list_head	map_extend_list;/* on pcpu_map_extend_chunks */

 	void			*data;		/* chunk data */
 	int			first_free;	/* no free below this */
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(pcpu_alloc_mutex);	/

 static struct list_head *pcpu_slot __read_mostly; /* chunk list slots */

+/* chunks which need their map areas extended, protected by pcpu_lock */
+static LIST_HEAD(pcpu_map_extend_chunks);
+
 /*
  * The number of empty populated pages, protected by pcpu_lock.  The
  * reserved chunk doesn't contribute to the count.
@@ -395,13 +398,19 @@ static int pcpu_need_to_extend(struct pc
 {
 	int margin, new_alloc;

+	lockdep_assert_held(&pcpu_lock);
+
 	if (is_atomic) {
 		margin = 3;

 		if (chunk->map_alloc <
-		    chunk->map_used + PCPU_ATOMIC_MAP_MARGIN_LOW &&
-		    pcpu_async_enabled)
-			schedule_work(&chunk->map_extend_work);
+		    chunk->map_used + PCPU_ATOMIC_MAP_MARGIN_LOW) {
+			if (list_empty(&chunk->map_extend_list)) {

So why this list_empty condition? Doesn't it deserve a comment then? And isn't using a list an overkill in that case?

Thanks.

+				list_add_tail(&chunk->map_extend_list,
+					      &pcpu_map_extend_chunks);
+				pcpu_schedule_balance_work();
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		margin = PCPU_ATOMIC_MAP_MARGIN_HIGH;
 	}

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