Hi, Paul. Thanks for looking into this :) > Except that rcu_report_qs_rdp() is invoked with interrupts enabled, > which means that there is some possibility of state changes up to the > raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node(rnp, flags) statement. > > So, did you check whether RCU's interrupt paths change this state? In my narrow view, only a new gp started, cpu_no_qs.b.norm changes as true in the path of rcu_sched_clock_irq. But in that case, rcu_report_qs_rdp isn't called. Did I understand your question well and are there any missed paths I didn't see? > Why not start with something like this? > > if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!rdp->cpu_no_qs.b.norm) || > rdp->gp_seq != rnp->gp_seq || rdp->gpwrap) { > Yes. but with different message