[PATCH tip/core/rcu 58/88] rcu: Improve __call_rcu() debug-objects error message

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu May 25 2017 - 18:02:13 EST


The "__call_rcu(): Leaked duplicate callback" error message from
__call_rcu() has proven to be unhelpful. This commit therefore changes
it to "__call_rcu(): Double-freed CB" and adds the value of the pointer
passed in. The value of the pointer improves debuggability by allowing
correlation with tracing output, for example, the rcu:rcu_callback trace
event.

Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 61a97164abcc..cac24f5d3fd2 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3161,9 +3161,14 @@ __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, rcu_callback_t func,
WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)head & (sizeof(void *) - 1));

if (debug_rcu_head_queue(head)) {
- /* Probable double call_rcu(), so leak the callback. */
+ /*
+ * Probable double call_rcu(), so leak the callback.
+ * Use rcu:rcu_callback trace event to find the previous
+ * time callback was passed to __call_rcu().
+ */
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "__call_rcu(): Double-freed CB %p->%pF()!!!\n",
+ head, head->func);
WRITE_ONCE(head->func, rcu_leak_callback);
- WARN_ONCE(1, "__call_rcu(): Leaked duplicate callback\n");
return;
}
head->func = func;
--
2.5.2