This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rcu: Tighten rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks
to the 5.15-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:
rcu-tighten-rcu_advance_cbs_nowake-checks.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 614ddad17f22a22e035e2ea37a04815f50362017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:04:48 -0700
Subject: rcu: Tighten rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks
From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 614ddad17f22a22e035e2ea37a04815f50362017 upstream.
Currently, rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks that a grace period is in
progress, however, that grace period could end just after the check.
This commit rechecks that a grace period is still in progress while
holding the rcu_node structure's lock. The grace period cannot end while
the current CPU's rcu_node structure's ->lock is held, thus avoiding
false positives from the WARN_ON_ONCE().
As Daniel Vacek noted, it is not necessary for the rcu_node structure
to have a CPU that has not yet passed through its quiescent state.
Tested-by: Guillaume Morin <guillaume@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1594,10 +1594,11 @@ static void __maybe_unused rcu_advance_c
struct rcu_data *rdp)
{
rcu_lockdep_assert_cblist_protected(rdp);
- if (!rcu_seq_state(rcu_seq_current(&rnp->gp_seq)) ||
- !raw_spin_trylock_rcu_node(rnp))
+ if (!rcu_seq_state(rcu_seq_current(&rnp->gp_seq)) || !raw_spin_trylock_rcu_node(rnp))
return;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_advance_cbs(rnp, rdp));
+ // The grace period cannot end while we hold the rcu_node lock.
+ if (rcu_seq_state(rcu_seq_current(&rnp->gp_seq)))
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_advance_cbs(rnp, rdp));
raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.15/rcu-tighten-rcu_advance_cbs_nowake-checks.patch
