On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 12:07:32AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 07:31:13PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote: > > +static void rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work) > > +{ > > + struct llist_node *done, *rcu, *next, *head; > > + > > + /* > > + * This work execution can potentially execute > > + * while a new done tail is being updated by > > + * grace period kthread in rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup(). > > + * So, read and updates of done tail need to > > + * follow acq-rel semantics. > > + * > > + * Given that wq semantics guarantees that a single work > > + * cannot execute concurrently by multiple kworkers, > > + * the done tail list manipulations are protected here. > > + */ > > + done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail); > > + if (!done) > > + return; > > + > > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_sr_is_wait_head(done)); > > + head = done->next; > > + done->next = NULL; > > Can the following race happen? > > CPU 0 CPU 1 > ----- ----- > > // wait_tail == HEAD1 > rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() { > // has passed SR_MAX_USERS_WAKE_FROM_GP > wait_tail->next = next; > // done_tail = HEAD1 > smp_store_release(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail, wait_tail); > queue_work() { > test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT, work_data_bits(work) > __queue_work() > } > } > > set_work_pool_and_clear_pending() > rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work() { > // new GP, wait_tail == HEAD2 > rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() { > // executes all completion, but stop at HEAD1 > wait_tail->next = HEAD1; > // done_tail = HEAD2 > smp_store_release(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail, wait_tail); > queue_work() { > test_and_set_bit(WORK_STRUCT_PENDING_BIT, work_data_bits(work) > __queue_work() > } > } > // done = HEAD2 > done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail); > // head = HEAD1 > head = done->next; > done->next = NULL; > llist_for_each_safe() { > // completes all callbacks, release HEAD1 > } > } > // Process second queue > set_work_pool_and_clear_pending() > rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup_work() { > // done = HEAD2 > done = smp_load_acquire(&rcu_state.srs_done_tail); > > // new GP, wait_tail == HEAD3 > rcu_sr_normal_gp_cleanup() { > // Finds HEAD2 with ->next == NULL at the end > rcu_sr_put_wait_head(HEAD2) > ... > > // A few more GPs later > rcu_sr_normal_gp_init() { > HEAD2 = rcu_sr_get_wait_head(); > llist_add(HEAD2, &rcu_state.srs_next); > // head == rcu_state.srs_next > head = done->next; > done->next = NULL; > llist_for_each_safe() { > // EXECUTE CALLBACKS TOO EARLY!!! > } > } Looks like that. To address this, we should not release the head in the GP kthread. Thanks! -- Uladzislau Rezki