From: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx> When a structure containing an RCU callback rhp is (incorrectly) freed and reallocated after rhp is passed to call_rcu(), it is not unusual for rhp->func to be set to NULL. This defeats the debugging prints used by __call_rcu_common() in kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, which expect to identify the offending code using the identity of this function. And in kernels build without CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, things are even worse, as can be seen from this splat: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0 ... ... PC is at 0x0 LR is at rcu_do_batch+0x1c0/0x3b8 ... ... (rcu_do_batch) from (rcu_core+0x1d4/0x284) (rcu_core) from (__do_softirq+0x24c/0x344) (__do_softirq) from (__irq_exit_rcu+0x64/0x108) (__irq_exit_rcu) from (irq_exit+0x8/0x10) (irq_exit) from (__handle_domain_irq+0x74/0x9c) (__handle_domain_irq) from (gic_handle_irq+0x8c/0x98) (gic_handle_irq) from (__irq_svc+0x5c/0x94) (__irq_svc) from (arch_cpu_idle+0x20/0x3c) (arch_cpu_idle) from (default_idle_call+0x4c/0x78) (default_idle_call) from (do_idle+0xf8/0x150) (do_idle) from (cpu_startup_entry+0x18/0x20) (cpu_startup_entry) from (0xc01530) This commit therefore adds calls to mem_dump_obj(rhp) to output some information, for example: slab kmalloc-256 start ffff410c45019900 pointer offset 0 size 256 This provides the rough size of the memory block and the offset of the rcu_head structure, which as least provides at least a few clues to help locate the problem. If the problem is reproducible, additional slab debugging can be enabled, for example, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, which can provide significantly more information. Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 7 +++++++ kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c | 1 + kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 1 + kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 1 + kernel/rcu/tiny.c | 1 + kernel/rcu/tree.c | 1 + 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h index d1dcb09750efbd6..bc81582238b9846 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #ifndef __LINUX_RCU_H #define __LINUX_RCU_H +#include <linux/slab.h> #include <trace/events/rcu.h> /* @@ -248,6 +249,12 @@ static inline void debug_rcu_head_unqueue(struct rcu_head *head) } #endif /* #else !CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD */ +static inline void debug_rcu_head_callback(struct rcu_head *rhp) +{ + if (unlikely(!rhp->func)) + kmem_dump_obj(rhp); +} + extern int rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot; static inline bool rcu_stall_is_suppressed_at_boot(void) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c index 336af24e0fe358a..c38e5933a5d6937 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void srcu_drive_gp(struct work_struct *wp) while (lh) { rhp = lh; lh = lh->next; + debug_rcu_head_callback(rhp); local_bh_disable(); rhp->func(rhp); local_bh_enable(); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index f1a905200fc2f79..833a8f848a90ae6 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ static void srcu_invoke_callbacks(struct work_struct *work) rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&ready_cbs); for (; rhp != NULL; rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&ready_cbs)) { debug_rcu_head_unqueue(rhp); + debug_rcu_head_callback(rhp); local_bh_disable(); rhp->func(rhp); local_bh_enable(); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h index 7294be62727b12c..148ac6a464bfb12 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h @@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ static void rcu_tasks_invoke_cbs(struct rcu_tasks *rtp, struct rcu_tasks_percpu raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rtpcp, flags); len = rcl.len; for (rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&rcl); rhp; rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&rcl)) { + debug_rcu_head_callback(rhp); local_bh_disable(); rhp->func(rhp); local_bh_enable(); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tiny.c b/kernel/rcu/tiny.c index 42f7589e51e09e7..fec804b7908032d 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tiny.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tiny.c @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static inline bool rcu_reclaim_tiny(struct rcu_head *head) trace_rcu_invoke_callback("", head); f = head->func; + debug_rcu_head_callback(head); WRITE_ONCE(head->func, (rcu_callback_t)0L); f(head); rcu_lock_release(&rcu_callback_map); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 7c79480bfaa04e4..927c5ba0ae42269 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -2135,6 +2135,7 @@ static void rcu_do_batch(struct rcu_data *rdp) trace_rcu_invoke_callback(rcu_state.name, rhp); f = rhp->func; + debug_rcu_head_callback(rhp); WRITE_ONCE(rhp->func, (rcu_callback_t)0L); f(rhp); -- 2.34.1