Re: [PATCH rcu 2/2] rcu/nocb: Fix rcuog wake-up from offline softirq

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Fri Dec 13 2024 - 18:07:36 EST


Le Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 10:42:14AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney a écrit :
> From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> After a CPU has set itself offline and before it eventually calls
> rcutree_report_cpu_dead(), there are still opportunities for callbacks
> to be enqueued, for example from an IRQ. When that happens on NOCB, the
> rcuog wake-up is deferred through an IPI to an online CPU in order not
> to call into the scheduler and risk arming the RT-bandwidth after
> hrtimers have been migrated out and disabled.
>
> But performing a synchronized IPI from an IRQ is buggy as reported in
> the following scenario:
>
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 26 at kernel/smp.c:633 smp_call_function_single
> Modules linked in: rcutorture torture
> CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 26 Comm: migration/1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc1-00012-g9139f93209d1 #1
> Stopper: multi_cpu_stop+0x0/0x320 <- __stop_cpus+0xd0/0x120
> RIP: 0010:smp_call_function_single
> <IRQ>
> swake_up_one_online
> __call_rcu_nocb_wake
> __call_rcu_common
> ? rcu_torture_one_read
> call_timer_fn
> __run_timers
> run_timer_softirq
> handle_softirqs
> irq_exit_rcu
> ? tick_handle_periodic
> sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt
> </IRQ>
>
> The periodic tick must be shutdown when the CPU is offline, just like is
> done for oneshot tick. This must be fixed but this is not enough:
> softirqs can happen on any hardirq tail and reproduce the above scenario.
>
> Fix this with introducing a special deferred rcuog wake up mode when the
> CPU is offline. This deferred wake up doesn't arm any timer and simply
> wait for rcu_report_cpu_dead() to be called in order to flush any
> pending rcuog wake up.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202409231644.4c55582d-lkp@xxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 9139f93209d1 ("rcu/nocb: Fix RT throttling hrtimer armed from offline CPU")
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>

You can drop this patch, it has been replaced with another version upstream.

Thanks!