[PATCH tip/core/rcu 35/55] rcutorture: Fix rcutorture shutdown races

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Mon Feb 17 2014 - 17:21:21 EST


From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Not all of the rcutorture kthreads waited for kthread_should_stop()
before returning from their top-level functions, and none of them
used torture_shutdown_absorb() properly. These problems can result in
segfaults and hangs at shutdown time, and some recent changes perturbed
timing sufficiently to make them much more probable. This commit
therefore creates a torture_kthread_stopping() function that does the
proper kthread shutdown dance in one centralized location.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/torture.h | 3 ++-
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 39 +++++++++++----------------------------
kernel/torture.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/torture.h b/include/linux/torture.h
index 513b85f98585..db9bc7756a32 100644
--- a/include/linux/torture.h
+++ b/include/linux/torture.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
#define TOROUT_STRING(s) \
pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type)
#define VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING(s) \
- do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
+ do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG " %s\n", torture_type, s); } while (0)
#define VERBOSE_TOROUT_ERRSTRING(s) \
do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG "!!! " s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)

@@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ void torture_init_end(void);
bool torture_cleanup(void);
bool torture_must_stop(void);
bool torture_must_stop_irq(void);
+void torture_kthread_stopping(char *title);

#endif /* __LINUX_TORTURE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index aaca2350e0e4..6d12fd18d97f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -601,12 +601,13 @@ checkwait: stutter_wait("rcu_torture_boost");
} while (!torture_must_stop());

/* Clean up and exit. */
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_boost task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_boost");
- while (!kthread_should_stop() || rbi.inflight)
+ while (!kthread_should_stop() || rbi.inflight) {
+ torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_boost");
schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ }
smp_mb(); /* order accesses to ->inflight before stack-frame death. */
destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rbi.rcu);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_boost");
return 0;
}

@@ -637,10 +638,7 @@ rcu_torture_fqs(void *arg)
}
stutter_wait("rcu_torture_fqs");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_fqs task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_fqs");
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_fqs");
return 0;
}

@@ -709,10 +707,7 @@ rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
rcutorture_record_progress(++rcu_torture_current_version);
stutter_wait("rcu_torture_writer");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_writer");
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_writer");
return 0;
}

@@ -747,10 +742,7 @@ rcu_torture_fakewriter(void *arg)
stutter_wait("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
} while (!torture_must_stop());

- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_fakewriter task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
return 0;
}

@@ -891,12 +883,9 @@ rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
schedule();
stutter_wait("rcu_torture_reader");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_reader");
if (irqreader && cur_ops->irq_capable)
del_timer_sync(&t);
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_reader");
return 0;
}

@@ -1009,7 +998,7 @@ rcu_torture_stats(void *arg)
rcu_torture_stats_print();
torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_stats");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task stopping");
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_stats");
return 0;
}

@@ -1170,12 +1159,9 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg)
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&barrier_cbs_count))
wake_up(&barrier_wq);
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs");
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
cur_ops->cb_barrier();
destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs");
return 0;
}

@@ -1206,10 +1192,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier(void *arg)
n_barrier_successes++;
schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_barrier task stopping");
- torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_barrier");
- while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
+ torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_barrier");
return 0;
}

diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c
index 12a5807fb4e9..6f1c6600d183 100644
--- a/kernel/torture.c
+++ b/kernel/torture.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ torture_onoff(void *arg)
}
schedule_timeout_interruptible(onoff_interval);
}
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_onoff task stopping");
+ torture_kthread_stopping("torture_onoff");
return 0;
}

@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int torture_shuffle(void *arg)
torture_shuffle_tasks();
torture_shutdown_absorb("torture_shuffle");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_shuffle task stopping");
+ torture_kthread_stopping("torture_shuffle");
return 0;
}

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int torture_shutdown(void *arg)
jiffies_snap = jiffies;
}
if (torture_must_stop()) {
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_shutdown task stopping");
+ torture_kthread_stopping("torture_shutdown");
return 0;
}

@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int torture_stutter(void *arg)
ACCESS_ONCE(stutter_pause_test) = 0;
torture_shutdown_absorb("torture_stutter");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
- VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_stutter task stopping");
+ torture_kthread_stopping("torture_stutter");
return 0;
}

@@ -696,3 +696,21 @@ bool torture_must_stop_irq(void)
return ACCESS_ONCE(fullstop) != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(torture_must_stop_irq);
+
+/*
+ * Each kthread must wait for kthread_should_stop() before returning from
+ * its top-level function, otherwise segfaults ensue. This function
+ * prints a "stopping" message and waits for kthread_should_stop(), and
+ * should be called from all torture kthreads immediately prior to
+ * returning.
+ */
+void torture_kthread_stopping(char *title)
+{
+ if (verbose)
+ pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG " %s\n", torture_type, title);
+ while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ torture_shutdown_absorb(title);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(torture_kthread_stopping);
--
1.8.1.5

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