This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rcutorture: Avoid problematic critical section nesting on PREEMPT_RT
to the 5.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rcutorture-avoid-problematic-critical-section-nestin.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 077960533b48b64073a4d3184af6e54b6a1eec37
Author: Scott Wood <swood@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Aug 20 09:42:36 2021 +0200
rcutorture: Avoid problematic critical section nesting on PREEMPT_RT
[ Upstream commit 71921a9606ddbcc1d98c00eca7ae82c373d1fecd ]
rcutorture is generating some nesting scenarios that are not compatible on PREEMPT_RT.
For example:
preempt_disable();
rcu_read_lock_bh();
preempt_enable();
rcu_read_unlock_bh();
The problem here is that on PREEMPT_RT the bottom halves have to be
disabled and enabled in preemptible context.
Reorder locking: start with BH locking and continue with then with
disabling preemption or interrupts. In the unlocking do it reverse by
first enabling interrupts and preemption and BH at the very end.
Ensure that on PREEMPT_RT BH locking remains unchanged if in
non-preemptible context.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190911165729.11178-6-swood@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210819182035.GF4126399@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <swood@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bigeasy: Drop ATOM_BH, make it only about changing BH in atomic
context. Allow enabling RCU in IRQ-off section. Reword commit message.]
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 40ef5417d9545..d2ef535530b10 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1432,28 +1432,34 @@ static void rcutorture_one_extend(int *readstate, int newstate,
/* First, put new protection in place to avoid critical-section gap. */
if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH)
local_bh_disable();
+ if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH)
+ rcu_read_lock_bh();
if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_IRQ)
local_irq_disable();
if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_PREEMPT)
preempt_disable();
- if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH)
- rcu_read_lock_bh();
if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_SCHED)
rcu_read_lock_sched();
if (statesnew & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RCU)
idxnew = cur_ops->readlock() << RCUTORTURE_RDR_SHIFT;
- /* Next, remove old protection, irq first due to bh conflict. */
+ /*
+ * Next, remove old protection, in decreasing order of strength
+ * to avoid unlock paths that aren't safe in the stronger
+ * context. Namely: BH can not be enabled with disabled interrupts.
+ * Additionally PREEMPT_RT requires that BH is enabled in preemptible
+ * context.
+ */
if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_IRQ)
local_irq_enable();
- if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH)
- local_bh_enable();
if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_PREEMPT)
preempt_enable();
- if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH)
- rcu_read_unlock_bh();
if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_SCHED)
rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+ if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH)
+ local_bh_enable();
+ if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH)
+ rcu_read_unlock_bh();
if (statesold & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RCU) {
bool lockit = !statesnew && !(torture_random(trsp) & 0xffff);
@@ -1496,6 +1502,9 @@ rcutorture_extend_mask(int oldmask, struct torture_random_state *trsp)
int mask = rcutorture_extend_mask_max();
unsigned long randmask1 = torture_random(trsp) >> 8;
unsigned long randmask2 = randmask1 >> 3;
+ unsigned long preempts = RCUTORTURE_RDR_PREEMPT | RCUTORTURE_RDR_SCHED;
+ unsigned long preempts_irq = preempts | RCUTORTURE_RDR_IRQ;
+ unsigned long bhs = RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH | RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH;
WARN_ON_ONCE(mask >> RCUTORTURE_RDR_SHIFT);
/* Mostly only one bit (need preemption!), sometimes lots of bits. */
@@ -1503,11 +1512,26 @@ rcutorture_extend_mask(int oldmask, struct torture_random_state *trsp)
mask = mask & randmask2;
else
mask = mask & (1 << (randmask2 % RCUTORTURE_RDR_NBITS));
- /* Can't enable bh w/irq disabled. */
- if ((mask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_IRQ) &&
- ((!(mask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH) && (oldmask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH)) ||
- (!(mask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH) && (oldmask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH))))
- mask |= RCUTORTURE_RDR_BH | RCUTORTURE_RDR_RBH;
+
+ /*
+ * Can't enable bh w/irq disabled.
+ */
+ if (mask & RCUTORTURE_RDR_IRQ)
+ mask |= oldmask & bhs;
+
+ /*
+ * Ideally these sequences would be detected in debug builds
+ * (regardless of RT), but until then don't stop testing
+ * them on non-RT.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)) {
+ /* Can't modify BH in atomic context */
+ if (oldmask & preempts_irq)
+ mask &= ~bhs;
+ if ((oldmask | mask) & preempts_irq)
+ mask |= oldmask & bhs;
+ }
+
return mask ?: RCUTORTURE_RDR_RCU;
}
