The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip: Commit-ID: 6dbce04d8417ae706596366e16841d77c454ba52 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6dbce04d8417ae706596366e16841d77c454ba52 Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:10:12 +01:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 19:34:17 -08:00 rcu: Allow rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from NMI Eugenio managed to tickle #PF from NMI context which resulted in hitting a WARN in RCU through irqentry_enter() -> __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(). However, this situation is perfectly sane and does not warrant an WARN. The #PF will (necessarily) be atomic and not require messing with the tick state, so early return is correct. This commit therefore removes the WARN. Fixes: aaf2bc50df1f ("rcu: Abstract out rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from rcu_nmi_enter()") Reported-by: "Eugenio Pérez" <eupm90@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 06895ef..93e1808 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ void __rcu_irq_enter_check_tick(void) { struct rcu_data *rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data); - // Enabling the tick is unsafe in NMI handlers. - if (WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi())) + // If we're here from NMI there's nothing to do. + if (in_nmi()) return; RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(rcu_dynticks_curr_cpu_in_eqs(),