[PATCH 6/9] rcu: Permit start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() to be invoked early

From: Joel Fernandes (Google)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 15:45:25 EST


From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>

According to the commit log of the patch that added it to the kernel,
start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() can be invoked very early, as
in long before rcu_init() has been invoked. But before rcu_init(),
the rcu_data structure's ->mynode field has not yet been initialized.
This means that the start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() function's
attempt to set the CPU's leaf rcu_node structure's ->exp_seq_poll_rq
field will result in a segmentation fault.

This commit therefore causes start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() to
set ->exp_seq_poll_rq only after rcu_init() has initialized all CPUs'
rcu_data structures' ->mynode fields. It also removes the check from
the rcu_init() function so that start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited(
is unconditionally invoked. Yes, this might result in an unnecessary
boot-time grace period, but this is down in the noise.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 5 ++---
kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index e80e8f128c57..90d54571126a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4942,9 +4942,8 @@ void __init rcu_init(void)
else
qovld_calc = qovld;

- // Kick-start any polled grace periods that started early.
- if (!(per_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data, cpu)->mynode->exp_seq_poll_rq & 0x1))
- (void)start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited();
+ // Kick-start in case any polled grace periods started early.
+ (void)start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited();

rcu_test_sync_prims();
}
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index 7cc4856da081..5343f32e7d67 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -1066,9 +1066,10 @@ unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
if (rcu_init_invoked())
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->exp_poll_lock, flags);
if (!poll_state_synchronize_rcu(s)) {
- rnp->exp_seq_poll_rq = s;
- if (rcu_init_invoked())
+ if (rcu_init_invoked()) {
+ rnp->exp_seq_poll_rq = s;
queue_work(rcu_gp_wq, &rnp->exp_poll_wq);
+ }
}
if (rcu_init_invoked())
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->exp_poll_lock, flags);
--
2.40.0.rc1.284.g88254d51c5-goog