The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: 5822b8126ff01e0baaf7d5168adc4ac8aeae088c Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/5822b8126ff01e0baaf7d5168adc4ac8aeae088c Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 10:44:41 -08:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:01:16 -07:00 rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_node ->boost_tasks The rcu_node structure's ->boost_tasks 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_plugin.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index ed6bb46..664d0aa 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long flags) /* Snapshot ->boost_mtx ownership w/rnp->lock held. */ drop_boost_mutex = rt_mutex_owner(&rnp->boost_mtx) == t; if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->boost_tasks) - rnp->boost_tasks = np; + WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks, np); } /* @@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags) rnp->qsmask == 0 && (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rnp->boost_time) || rcu_state.cbovld))) { if (rnp->exp_tasks == NULL) - rnp->boost_tasks = rnp->gp_tasks; + WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks, rnp->gp_tasks); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags); rcu_wake_cond(rnp->boost_kthread_task, READ_ONCE(rnp->boost_kthread_status));