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<title>rcu: Prevent expedited GP from enabling tick on offline CPU</title>
<updated>2023-09-02T07:18:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2021-09-29T16:21:34+00:00</published>
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commit 147f04b14adde831eb4a0a1e378667429732f9e8 upstream.

If an RCU expedited grace period starts just when a CPU is in the process
of going offline, so that the outgoing CPU has completed its pass through
stop-machine but has not yet completed its final dive into the idle loop,
RCU will attempt to enable that CPU's scheduling-clock tick via a call
to tick_dep_set_cpu().  For this to happen, that CPU has to have been
online when the expedited grace period completed its CPU-selection phase.

This is pointless:  The outgoing CPU has interrupts disabled, so it cannot
take a scheduling-clock tick anyway.  In addition, the tick_dep_set_cpu()
function's eventual call to irq_work_queue_on() will splat as follows:

smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 124 at kernel/irq_work.c:95
+irq_work_queue_on+0x57/0x60
Modules linked in:
CPU: 6 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/6:2 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc1+ #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
+rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: rcu_gp wait_rcu_exp_gp
RIP: 0010:irq_work_queue_on+0x57/0x60
Code: 8b 05 1d c7 ea 62 a9 00 00 f0 00 75 21 4c 89 ce 44 89 c7 e8
+9b 37 fa ff ba 01 00 00 00 89 d0 c3 4c 89 cf e8 3b ff ff ff eb ee &lt;0f&gt; 0b eb b7
+0f 0b eb db 90 48 c7 c0 98 2a 02 00 65 48 03 05 91
 6f
RSP: 0000:ffffb12cc038fe48 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000005208 RCX: 0000000000000020
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9ad01f45a680
RBP: 000000000004c990 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff9ad01f45a680
R10: ffffb12cc0317db0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 00000000fffecee8
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000026980 R15: ffffffff9e53ae00
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ad01f580000(0000)
+knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000000de0c000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu+0x59/0x70
 rcu_exp_wait_wake+0x54e/0x870
 ? sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus+0x1fc/0x390
 process_one_work+0x1ef/0x3c0
 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0
 worker_thread+0x28/0x3c0
 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0
 kthread+0x115/0x140
 ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
---[ end trace c5bf75eb6aa80bc6 ]---

This commit therefore avoids invoking tick_dep_set_cpu() on offlined
CPUs to limit both futility and false-positive splats.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 147f04b14adde831eb4a0a1e378667429732f9e8 upstream.

If an RCU expedited grace period starts just when a CPU is in the process
of going offline, so that the outgoing CPU has completed its pass through
stop-machine but has not yet completed its final dive into the idle loop,
RCU will attempt to enable that CPU's scheduling-clock tick via a call
to tick_dep_set_cpu().  For this to happen, that CPU has to have been
online when the expedited grace period completed its CPU-selection phase.

This is pointless:  The outgoing CPU has interrupts disabled, so it cannot
take a scheduling-clock tick anyway.  In addition, the tick_dep_set_cpu()
function's eventual call to irq_work_queue_on() will splat as follows:

smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline
WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 124 at kernel/irq_work.c:95
+irq_work_queue_on+0x57/0x60
Modules linked in:
CPU: 6 PID: 124 Comm: kworker/6:2 Not tainted 5.15.0-rc1+ #3
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS
+rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014
Workqueue: rcu_gp wait_rcu_exp_gp
RIP: 0010:irq_work_queue_on+0x57/0x60
Code: 8b 05 1d c7 ea 62 a9 00 00 f0 00 75 21 4c 89 ce 44 89 c7 e8
+9b 37 fa ff ba 01 00 00 00 89 d0 c3 4c 89 cf e8 3b ff ff ff eb ee &lt;0f&gt; 0b eb b7
+0f 0b eb db 90 48 c7 c0 98 2a 02 00 65 48 03 05 91
 6f
RSP: 0000:ffffb12cc038fe48 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000005208 RCX: 0000000000000020
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9ad01f45a680
RBP: 000000000004c990 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff9ad01f45a680
R10: ffffb12cc0317db0 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 00000000fffecee8
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000026980 R15: ffffffff9e53ae00
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ad01f580000(0000)
+knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000000de0c000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu+0x59/0x70
 rcu_exp_wait_wake+0x54e/0x870
 ? sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus+0x1fc/0x390
 process_one_work+0x1ef/0x3c0
 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0
 worker_thread+0x28/0x3c0
 ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0
 kthread+0x115/0x140
 ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
---[ end trace c5bf75eb6aa80bc6 ]---

This commit therefore avoids invoking tick_dep_set_cpu() on offlined
CPUs to limit both futility and false-positive splats.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() -&gt;exp_tasks access</title>
<updated>2023-05-30T11:57:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zqiang</name>
<email>qiang1.zhang@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-24T05:25:53+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3c1566bca3f8349f12b75d0a2d5e4a20ad6262ec ]

For kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario can
result in a NULL-pointer dereference:

           CPU1                                           CPU2
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore                rcu_print_task_exp_stall
  if (special.b.blocked)                            READ_ONCE(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks) != NULL
    raw_spin_lock_rcu_node
    np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp)
    if (&amp;t-&gt;rcu_node_entry == rnp-&gt;exp_tasks)
      WRITE_ONCE(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks, np)
      ....
      raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node
                                                    raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node
                                                    t = list_entry(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks-&gt;prev,
                                                        struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry)
                                                    (if rnp-&gt;exp_tasks is NULL, this
                                                       will dereference a NULL pointer)

The problem is that CPU2 accesses the rcu_node structure's-&gt;exp_tasks
field without holding the rcu_node structure's -&gt;lock and CPU2 did
not observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's -&gt;exp_tasks in time.
Therefore, if CPU1 sets rcu_node structure's-&gt;exp_tasks pointer to NULL,
then CPU2 might dereference that NULL pointer.

This commit therefore holds the rcu_node structure's -&gt;lock while
accessing that structure's-&gt;exp_tasks field.

[ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]

Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang1.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3c1566bca3f8349f12b75d0a2d5e4a20ad6262ec ]

For kernels built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU=y, the following scenario can
result in a NULL-pointer dereference:

           CPU1                                           CPU2
rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore                rcu_print_task_exp_stall
  if (special.b.blocked)                            READ_ONCE(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks) != NULL
    raw_spin_lock_rcu_node
    np = rcu_next_node_entry(t, rnp)
    if (&amp;t-&gt;rcu_node_entry == rnp-&gt;exp_tasks)
      WRITE_ONCE(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks, np)
      ....
      raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node
                                                    raw_spin_lock_irqsave_rcu_node
                                                    t = list_entry(rnp-&gt;exp_tasks-&gt;prev,
                                                        struct task_struct, rcu_node_entry)
                                                    (if rnp-&gt;exp_tasks is NULL, this
                                                       will dereference a NULL pointer)

The problem is that CPU2 accesses the rcu_node structure's-&gt;exp_tasks
field without holding the rcu_node structure's -&gt;lock and CPU2 did
not observe CPU1's change to rcu_node structure's -&gt;exp_tasks in time.
Therefore, if CPU1 sets rcu_node structure's-&gt;exp_tasks pointer to NULL,
then CPU2 might dereference that NULL pointer.

This commit therefore holds the rcu_node structure's -&gt;lock while
accessing that structure's-&gt;exp_tasks field.

[ paulmck: Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback. ]

Acked-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Zqiang &lt;qiang1.zhang@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Suppress smp_processor_id() complaint in synchronize_rcu_expedited_wait()</title>
<updated>2023-03-11T15:39:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-16T23:55:48+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2d7f00b2f01301d6e41fd4a28030dab0442265be ]

The normal grace period's RCU CPU stall warnings are invoked from the
scheduling-clock interrupt handler, and can thus invoke smp_processor_id()
with impunity, which allows them to directly invoke dump_cpu_task().
In contrast, the expedited grace period's RCU CPU stall warnings are
invoked from process context, which causes the dump_cpu_task() function's
calls to smp_processor_id() to complain bitterly in debug kernels.

This commit therefore causes synchronize_rcu_expedited_wait() to disable
preemption around its call to dump_cpu_task().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2d7f00b2f01301d6e41fd4a28030dab0442265be ]

The normal grace period's RCU CPU stall warnings are invoked from the
scheduling-clock interrupt handler, and can thus invoke smp_processor_id()
with impunity, which allows them to directly invoke dump_cpu_task().
In contrast, the expedited grace period's RCU CPU stall warnings are
invoked from process context, which causes the dump_cpu_task() function's
calls to smp_processor_id() to complain bitterly in debug kernels.

This commit therefore causes synchronize_rcu_expedited_wait() to disable
preemption around its call to dump_cpu_task().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu/exp: Mark current CPU as exp-QS in IPI loop second pass</title>
<updated>2022-01-27T09:53:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-11-30T16:21:08+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 81f6d49cce2d2fe507e3fddcc4a6db021d9c2e7b ]

Expedited RCU grace periods invoke sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(), which
takes two passes over the leaf rcu_node structure's CPUs.  The first
pass gathers up the current CPU and CPUs that are in dynticks idle mode.
The workqueue will report a quiescent state on their behalf later.
The second pass sends IPIs to the rest of the CPUs, but excludes the
current CPU, incorrectly assuming it has been included in the first
pass's list of CPUs.

Unfortunately the current CPU may have changed between the first and
second pass, due to the fact that the various rcu_node structures'
-&gt;lock fields have been dropped, thus momentarily enabling preemption.
This means that if the second pass's CPU was not on the first pass's
list, it will be ignored completely.  There will be no IPI sent to
it, and there will be no reporting of quiescent states on its behalf.
Unfortunately, the expedited grace period will nevertheless be waiting
for that CPU to report a quiescent state, but with that CPU having no
reason to believe that such a report is needed.

The result will be an expedited grace period stall.

Fix this by no longer excluding the current CPU from consideration during
the second pass.

Fixes: b9ad4d6ed18e ("rcu: Avoid self-IPI in sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus()")
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;quic_neeraju@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;quic_neeraju@quicinc.com&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 81f6d49cce2d2fe507e3fddcc4a6db021d9c2e7b ]

Expedited RCU grace periods invoke sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus(), which
takes two passes over the leaf rcu_node structure's CPUs.  The first
pass gathers up the current CPU and CPUs that are in dynticks idle mode.
The workqueue will report a quiescent state on their behalf later.
The second pass sends IPIs to the rest of the CPUs, but excludes the
current CPU, incorrectly assuming it has been included in the first
pass's list of CPUs.

Unfortunately the current CPU may have changed between the first and
second pass, due to the fact that the various rcu_node structures'
-&gt;lock fields have been dropped, thus momentarily enabling preemption.
This means that if the second pass's CPU was not on the first pass's
list, it will be ignored completely.  There will be no IPI sent to
it, and there will be no reporting of quiescent states on its behalf.
Unfortunately, the expedited grace period will nevertheless be waiting
for that CPU to report a quiescent state, but with that CPU having no
reason to believe that such a report is needed.

The result will be an expedited grace period stall.

Fix this by no longer excluding the current CPU from consideration during
the second pass.

Fixes: b9ad4d6ed18e ("rcu: Avoid self-IPI in sync_rcu_exp_select_node_cpus()")
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;quic_neeraju@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki &lt;urezki@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;quic_neeraju@quicinc.com&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Triplett &lt;josh@joshtriplett.org&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rcu: Fix existing exp request check in sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup()</title>
<updated>2021-11-18T13:04:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Neeraj Upadhyay</name>
<email>neeraju@codeaurora.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-08-18T08:04:00+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f0b2b2df5423fb369ac762c77900bc7765496d58 ]

The sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() checks to see if RCU needs
an expedited quiescent state from the incoming CPU, sending it
an IPI if so. Before sending IPI, it checks whether expedited
qs need has been already requested for the incoming CPU, by
checking rcu_data.cpu_no_qs.b.exp for the current cpu, on which
sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() is running. This works for the
case where incoming CPU is same as self. However, for the case
where incoming CPU is different from self, expedited request
won't get marked, which can potentially delay reporting of
expedited quiescent state for the incoming CPU.

Fixes: e015a3411220 ("rcu: Avoid self-IPI in sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup()")
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f0b2b2df5423fb369ac762c77900bc7765496d58 ]

The sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() checks to see if RCU needs
an expedited quiescent state from the incoming CPU, sending it
an IPI if so. Before sending IPI, it checks whether expedited
qs need has been already requested for the incoming CPU, by
checking rcu_data.cpu_no_qs.b.exp for the current cpu, on which
sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup() is running. This works for the
case where incoming CPU is same as self. However, for the case
where incoming CPU is different from self, expedited request
won't get marked, which can potentially delay reporting of
expedited quiescent state for the incoming CPU.

Fixes: e015a3411220 ("rcu: Avoid self-IPI in sync_sched_exp_online_cleanup()")
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;neeraju@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Initialize at declaration time in rcu_exp_handler()</title>
<updated>2020-08-25T01:36:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-06-18T16:51:12+00:00</published>
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This commit moves the initialization of the CONFIG_PREEMPT=n version of
the rcu_exp_handler() function's rdp and rnp local variables into their
respective declarations to save a couple lines of code.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit moves the initialization of the CONFIG_PREEMPT=n version of
the rcu_exp_handler() function's rdp and rnp local variables into their
respective declarations to save a couple lines of code.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rcu: Expedited grace-period sleeps to idle priority</title>
<updated>2020-06-29T18:58:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-05-07T23:38:29+00:00</published>
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This commit converts the schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() call used
by RCU's expedited grace-period processing to schedule_timeout_idle().
This conversion avoids polluting the load-average with RCU-related
sleeping.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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This commit converts the schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() call used
by RCU's expedited grace-period processing to schedule_timeout_idle().
This conversion avoids polluting the load-average with RCU-related
sleeping.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'fixes.2020.04.27a', 'kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a', 'rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a', 'stall.2020.04.27a' and 'torture.2020.05.07a' into HEAD</title>
<updated>2020-05-07T17:18:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2020-05-07T17:18:32+00:00</published>
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fixes.2020.04.27a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a:  Changes related to kfree_rcu().
rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a:  Addition of new RCU-tasks flavors.
stall.2020.04.27a:  RCU CPU stall-warning updates.
torture.2020.05.07a:  Torture-test updates.
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fixes.2020.04.27a:  Miscellaneous fixes.
kfree_rcu.2020.04.27a:  Changes related to kfree_rcu().
rcu-tasks.2020.04.27a:  Addition of new RCU-tasks flavors.
stall.2020.04.27a:  RCU CPU stall-warning updates.
torture.2020.05.07a:  Torture-test updates.
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<title>rcu: Use data_race() for RCU expedited CPU stall-warning prints</title>
<updated>2020-04-27T18:04:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-02-09T10:35:22+00:00</published>
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Although the accesses used to determine whether or not an expedited
stall should be printed are an integral part of the concurrency algorithm
governing use of the corresponding variables, the values that are simply
printed are ancillary.  As such, it is best to use data_race() for these
accesses in order to provide the greatest latitude in the use of KCSAN
for the other accesses that are an integral part of the algorithm.  This
commit therefore changes the relevant uses of READ_ONCE() to data_race().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Although the accesses used to determine whether or not an expedited
stall should be printed are an integral part of the concurrency algorithm
governing use of the corresponding variables, the values that are simply
printed are ancillary.  As such, it is best to use data_race() for these
accesses in order to provide the greatest latitude in the use of KCSAN
for the other accesses that are an integral part of the algorithm.  This
commit therefore changes the relevant uses of READ_ONCE() to data_race().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>rcu: Don't use negative nesting depth in __rcu_read_unlock()</title>
<updated>2020-04-27T18:03:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lai Jiangshan</name>
<email>laijs@linux.alibaba.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-02-15T23:23:26+00:00</published>
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Now that RCU flavors have been consolidated, an RCU-preempt
rcu_read_unlock() in an interrupt or softirq handler cannot possibly
end the RCU read-side critical section.  Consider the old vulnerability
involving rcu_read_unlock() being invoked within such a handler that
interrupted an __rcu_read_unlock_special(), in which a wakeup might be
invoked with a scheduler lock held.  Because rcu_read_unlock_special()
no longer does wakeups in such situations, it is no longer necessary
for __rcu_read_unlock() to set the nesting level negative.

This commit therefore removes this recursion-protection code from
__rcu_read_unlock().

[ paulmck: Let rcu_exp_handler() continue to call rcu_report_exp_rdp(). ]
[ paulmck: Adjust other checks given no more negative nesting. ]
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that RCU flavors have been consolidated, an RCU-preempt
rcu_read_unlock() in an interrupt or softirq handler cannot possibly
end the RCU read-side critical section.  Consider the old vulnerability
involving rcu_read_unlock() being invoked within such a handler that
interrupted an __rcu_read_unlock_special(), in which a wakeup might be
invoked with a scheduler lock held.  Because rcu_read_unlock_special()
no longer does wakeups in such situations, it is no longer necessary
for __rcu_read_unlock() to set the nesting level negative.

This commit therefore removes this recursion-protection code from
__rcu_read_unlock().

[ paulmck: Let rcu_exp_handler() continue to call rcu_report_exp_rdp(). ]
[ paulmck: Adjust other checks given no more negative nesting. ]
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan &lt;laijs@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
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