[RFC v2 6/6] RCU: Track rcu_dereference() in RCU read-side critical section

From: Boqun Feng
Date: Tue Feb 16 2016 - 00:59:18 EST


The variables protected by an RCU read-side critical section are
sometimes hard to figure out, especially when the critical section is
long or has some function calls in it. However, figuring out which
variable a RCU read-side critical section protects could save
us a lot of time for code reviewing, bug fixing or performance tuning.

This patch therefore uses the LOCKED_ACCESS to collect the information
of relationship between rcu_dereference*() and rcu_read_lock*() by
doing:

Step 0: define a locked_access_class for RCU.

Step 1: set the content of rcu_*_lock_key and __srcu_key to the
address of the locked_access_class for RCU.

Step 2: add locked_access_point() in __rcu_dereference_check()

After that we can figure out not only in which RCU read-side critical
section but also after which rcu_read_lock*() called an
rcu_dereference*() is called.

This feature is controlled by a config option RCU_LOCKED_ACCESS.

Also clean up the initialization code of lockdep_maps for different
flavors of RCU a little bit.

Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 12 ++++++++++++
include/linux/srcu.h | 2 +-
kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 3 +++
kernel/rcu/update.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++++++++
5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 14e6f47..7ca22c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -610,6 +610,17 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
#define rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space)
#endif /* #else #ifdef __CHECKER__ */

+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LOCKED_ACCESS
+extern struct locked_access_class rcu_laclass;
+#define STATIC_DEFINE_RCU_LOCK_CLASS_KEY(name) \
+ static struct lock_class_key name = { .laclass = &rcu_laclass }
+#define rcu_dereference_access() \
+ locked_access_point(&rcu_laclass, LOCKED_ACCESS_TYPE_READ)
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKED_ACCESS */
+#define rcu_dereference_access()
+#define STATIC_DEFINE_RCU_LOCK_CLASS_KEY(name) \
+ static struct lock_class_key name
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKED_ACCESS */
#define __rcu_access_pointer(p, space) \
({ \
typeof(*p) *_________p1 = (typeof(*p) *__force)READ_ONCE(p); \
@@ -622,6 +633,7 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
typeof(*p) *________p1 = (typeof(*p) *__force)lockless_dereference(p); \
RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!(c), "suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage"); \
rcu_dereference_sparse(p, space); \
+ rcu_dereference_access(); \
((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(________p1)); \
})
#define __rcu_dereference_protected(p, c, space) \
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index f5f80c5..ba4bcbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int __init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *sp, const char *name,

#define init_srcu_struct(sp) \
({ \
- static struct lock_class_key __srcu_key; \
+ STATIC_DEFINE_RCU_LOCK_CLASS_KEY(__srcu_key); \
\
__init_srcu_struct((sp), #sp, &__srcu_key); \
})
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 4094757..c6c25c5 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -4616,5 +4616,8 @@ void locked_access(struct locked_access_class *laclass,
correlate_locked_access(laclass, acqchain, loc, type);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(locked_access);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LOCKED_ACCESS
+DEFINE_LACLASS(rcu);
+#endif

#endif /* CONFIG_LOCKED_ACCESS */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 76b94e1..ecb29aa 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -235,20 +235,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rcu_read_unlock);
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU */

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
-static struct lock_class_key rcu_lock_key;
-struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map =
- STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_read_lock", &rcu_lock_key);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);
-
-static struct lock_class_key rcu_bh_lock_key;
-struct lockdep_map rcu_bh_lock_map =
- STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_read_lock_bh", &rcu_bh_lock_key);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_bh_lock_map);
-
-static struct lock_class_key rcu_sched_lock_key;
-struct lockdep_map rcu_sched_lock_map =
- STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_read_lock_sched", &rcu_sched_lock_key);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_sched_lock_map);
+
+#define DEFINE_RCU_LOCKDEP_MAP(flavor) \
+ STATIC_DEFINE_RCU_LOCK_CLASS_KEY(rcu##flavor##_lock_key); \
+ struct lockdep_map rcu##flavor##_lock_map = \
+ STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu" #flavor "_read_lock", \
+ &rcu##flavor##_lock_key); \
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu##flavor##_lock_map)
+
+DEFINE_RCU_LOCKDEP_MAP();
+DEFINE_RCU_LOCKDEP_MAP(_bh);
+DEFINE_RCU_LOCKDEP_MAP(_sched);

static struct lock_class_key rcu_callback_key;
struct lockdep_map rcu_callback_map =
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 178f288..b6003d4 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1410,6 +1410,18 @@ config RCU_EQS_DEBUG
Say N here if you need ultimate kernel/user switch latencies
Say Y if you are unsure

+config RCU_LOCKED_ACCESS
+ bool "Track data access in RCU read-side critical sections"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
+ select LOCKED_ACCESS
+ default n
+ help
+ Track data acces in RCU read-side critical sections,
+ by doing so, one can examine which rcu_dereference() and its
+ friends are called in which RCU read-side critical sections,
+ and even more detailed, after which rcu_read_lock() and
+ its friends are called.
+
endmenu # "RCU Debugging"

config DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT
--
2.7.1