[PATCH v4 2/2] rcu: Invert the locking dependency order between rcu_state.barrier_mutex and hotplug lock

From: Zqiang
Date: Tue Mar 22 2022 - 09:17:25 EST


When call rcutree_prepare_cpu(), the cpus write lock has been held,
just lock the barrier_mutex before calling rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload()
from failure path. therefore, invert the locking dependency order.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 154934f3daa9..e3d1bd26d6eb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -1074,8 +1074,8 @@ int rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload(int cpu)
struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
int ret = 0;

- mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
cpus_read_lock();
+ mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
ret = work_on_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_rdp_deoffload, rdp);
@@ -1086,8 +1086,8 @@ int rcu_nocb_cpu_deoffload(int cpu)
ret = -EINVAL;
}
}
- cpus_read_unlock();
mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
+ cpus_read_unlock();

return ret;
}
@@ -1169,8 +1169,8 @@ int rcu_nocb_cpu_offload(int cpu)
struct rcu_data *rdp = per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu);
int ret = 0;

- mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
cpus_read_lock();
+ mutex_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
if (!rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) {
if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
ret = work_on_cpu(cpu, rcu_nocb_rdp_offload, rdp);
@@ -1181,8 +1181,8 @@ int rcu_nocb_cpu_offload(int cpu)
ret = -EINVAL;
}
}
- cpus_read_unlock();
mutex_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_mutex);
+ cpus_read_unlock();

return ret;
}
--
2.25.1