If a given statically allocated in-module srcu_struct structure was ever used for updates, srcu_module_going() will invoke cleanup_srcu_struct() at module-exit time. This will check for the error case of SRCU readers persisting past module-exit time. On the other hand, if this srcu_struct structure never went through a grace period, srcu_module_going() only invokes free_percpu(), which would result in strange failures if SRCU readers persisted past module-exit time. This commit therefore adds a srcu_readers_active() check to srcu_module_going(), splatting if readers have persisted and refraining from invoking free_percpu() in that case. Better to leak memory than to suffer silent memory corruption! [ paulmck: Apply Zhang, Qiang1 feedback on memory leak. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index 169a6513b739..f9dd6ed5503e 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -1911,7 +1911,8 @@ static void srcu_module_going(struct module *mod) if (!rcu_seq_state(smp_load_acquire(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_gp_seq_needed)) && !WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->srcu_sup->sda_is_static)) cleanup_srcu_struct(ssp); - free_percpu(ssp->sda); + if (!WARN_ON(srcu_readers_active(ssp))) + free_percpu(ssp->sda); } } -- 2.40.0.rc2
