[PATCH 5.4 02/11] rcu: Tighten rcu_advance_cbs_nowake() checks

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Jan 27 2022 - 13:10:52 EST


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
@@ -1358,10 +1358,11 @@ 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);
}