The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: 2906d2154cd6ad6e4452cc25315d3cea7bb7f2d7 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2906d2154cd6ad6e4452cc25315d3cea7bb7f2d7 Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:17:12 -08:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:58:22 -08:00 rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_req_activity The rcu_state structure's ->gp_req_activity field is read locklessly, so this commit adds the WRITE_ONCE() to an update in order to provide proper documentation and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairing. This data race was reported by KCSAN. Not appropriate for backporting due to failure being unlikely. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 236692d..9443909 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ static bool rcu_start_this_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp_start, struct rcu_data *rdp, } trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, rdp, gp_seq_req, TPS("Startedroot")); WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, rcu_state.gp_flags | RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT); - rcu_state.gp_req_activity = jiffies; + WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity, jiffies); if (!rcu_state.gp_kthread) { trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, rdp, gp_seq_req, TPS("NoGPkthread")); goto unlock_out; @@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ static void rcu_gp_cleanup(void) rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist); if ((offloaded || !rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp)) && needgp) { WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT); - rcu_state.gp_req_activity = jiffies; + WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity, jiffies); trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name, READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_seq), TPS("newreq"));