[PATCH v3 05/13] rv: Fix monitor start ordering and memory ordering for monitoring flag

From: Gabriele Monaco

Date: Sat May 30 2026 - 10:19:40 EST


From: Wen Yang <wen.yang@xxxxxxxxx>

da_monitor_start() set monitoring=1 before calling da_monitor_init_hook(),
may racing with the sched_switch handler:

da_monitor_start() sched_switch handler
------------------------- ---------------------------------
da_mon->monitoring = 1;
if (da_monitoring(da_mon)) /* true */
ha_start_timer_ns(...);
/* hrtimer->base == NULL, crash */
da_monitor_init_hook(da_mon);
/* hrtimer_setup() sets base */

Fix the ordering and pair with release/acquire semantics:

da_monitor_init_hook(da_mon);
smp_store_release(&da_mon->monitoring, 1); /* da_monitor_start() */
return smp_load_acquire(&da_mon->monitoring); /* da_monitoring() */

On ARM64 a plain STR + LDR does not form a release-acquire pair, so
the load can observe monitoring=1 while hrtimer->base is still NULL.
The plain accesses are also data races under KCSAN.

Use WRITE_ONCE for the monitoring=0 store in da_monitor_reset() to
cover the reset path.

Fixes: 792575348ff7 ("rv/include: Add deterministic automata monitor definition via C macros")
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/rv/da_monitor.h | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/rv/da_monitor.h b/include/rv/da_monitor.h
index a7e103654..60dc39f26 100644
--- a/include/rv/da_monitor.h
+++ b/include/rv/da_monitor.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void react(enum states curr_state, enum events event)
static inline void da_monitor_reset(struct da_monitor *da_mon)
{
da_monitor_reset_hook(da_mon);
- da_mon->monitoring = 0;
+ WRITE_ONCE(da_mon->monitoring, 0);
da_mon->curr_state = model_get_initial_state();
}

@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ static inline void da_monitor_reset(struct da_monitor *da_mon)
static inline void da_monitor_start(struct da_monitor *da_mon)
{
da_mon->curr_state = model_get_initial_state();
- da_mon->monitoring = 1;
da_monitor_init_hook(da_mon);
+ /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire in da_monitoring(). */
+ smp_store_release(&da_mon->monitoring, 1);
}

/*
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ static inline void da_monitor_start(struct da_monitor *da_mon)
*/
static inline bool da_monitoring(struct da_monitor *da_mon)
{
- return da_mon->monitoring;
+ /* Pairs with smp_store_release in da_monitor_start(). */
+ return smp_load_acquire(&da_mon->monitoring);
}

/*
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