From: Gautham R Shenoy Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:47:38 +0000 (+0530) Subject: rcu: fix hotplug vs rcu race X-Git-Tag: v2.6.26-rc9~78^2 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8558f8f81680a43d383abd1b5f23d3501fedfa65;p=linux-2.6 rcu: fix hotplug vs rcu race Dhaval Giani reported this warning during cpu hotplug stress-tests: | On running kernel compiles in parallel with cpu hotplug: | | WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/smp.c:118 | native_smp_send_reschedule+0x21/0x36() | Modules linked in: | Pid: 27483, comm: cc1 Not tainted 2.6.26-rc7 #1 | [...] | [] native_smp_send_reschedule+0x21/0x36 | [] force_quiescent_state+0x47/0x57 | [] call_rcu+0x51/0x6d | [] __fput+0x130/0x158 | [] fput+0x17/0x19 | [] filp_close+0x4d/0x57 | [] sys_close+0x5c/0x97 IMHO the warning is a spurious one. cpu_online_map is updated by the _cpu_down() using stop_machine_run(). Since force_quiescent_state is invoked from irqs disabled section, stop_machine_run() won't be executing while a cpu is executing force_quiescent_state(). Hence the cpu_online_map is stable while we're in the irq disabled section. However, a cpu might have been offlined _just_ before we disabled irqs while entering force_quiescent_state(). And rcu subsystem might not yet have handled the CPU_DEAD notification, leading to the offlined cpu's bit being set in the rcp->cpumask. Hence cpumask = (rcp->cpumask & cpu_online_map) to prevent sending smp_reschedule() to an offlined CPU. Here's the timeline: CPU_A CPU_B -------------------------------------------------------------- cpu_down(): . . . . . stop_machine(): /* disables preemption, . * and irqs */ . . . . . take_cpu_down(); . . . . . . . cpu_disable(); /*this removes cpu . *from cpu_online_map . */ . . . . . restart_machine(); /* enables irqs */ . ------WINDOW DURING WHICH rcp->cpumask is stale --------------- . call_rcu(); . /* disables irqs here */ . .force_quiescent_state(); .CPU_DEAD: .for_each_cpu(rcp->cpumask) . . smp_send_reschedule(); . . . . WARN_ON() for offlined CPU! . . . rcu_cpu_notify: . -------- WINDOW ENDS ------------------------------------------ rcu_offline_cpu() /* Which calls cpu_quiet() * which removes * cpu from rcp->cpumask. */ If a new batch was started just before calling stop_machine_run(), the "tobe-offlined" cpu is still present in rcp-cpumask. During a cpu-offline, from take_cpu_down(), we queue an rt-prio idle task as the next task to be picked by the scheduler. We also call cpu_disable() which will disable any further interrupts and remove the cpu's bit from the cpu_online_map. Once the stop_machine_run() successfully calls take_cpu_down(), it calls schedule(). That's the last time a schedule is called on the offlined cpu, and hence the last time when rdp->passed_quiesc will be set to 1 through rcu_qsctr_inc(). But the cpu_quiet() will be on this cpu will be called only when the next RCU_SOFTIRQ occurs on this CPU. So at this time, the offlined CPU is still set in rcp->cpumask. Now coming back to the idle_task which truely offlines the CPU, it does check for a pending RCU and raises the softirq, since it will find rdp->passed_quiesc to be 0 in this case. However, since the cpu is offline I am not sure if the softirq will trigger on the CPU. Even if it doesn't the rcu_offline_cpu() will find that rcp->completed is not the same as rcp->cur, which means that our cpu could be holding up the grace period progression. Hence we call cpu_quiet() and move ahead. But because of the window explained in the timeline, we could still have a call_rcu() before the RCU subsystem executes it's CPU_DEAD notification, and we send smp_send_reschedule() to offlined cpu while trying to force the quiescent states. The appended patch adds comments and prevents checking for offlined cpu everytime. cpu_online_map is updated by the _cpu_down() using stop_machine_run(). Since force_quiescent_state is invoked from irqs disabled section, stop_machine_run() won't be executing while a cpu is executing force_quiescent_state(). Hence the cpu_online_map is stable while we're in the irq disabled section. Reported-by: Dhaval Giani Signed-off-by: Gautham R Shenoy Acked-by: Dhaval Giani Cc: Dipankar Sarma Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Rusty Russel Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- diff --git a/kernel/rcuclassic.c b/kernel/rcuclassic.c index f4ffbd0f30..a38895a5b8 100644 --- a/kernel/rcuclassic.c +++ b/kernel/rcuclassic.c @@ -89,8 +89,22 @@ static void force_quiescent_state(struct rcu_data *rdp, /* * Don't send IPI to itself. With irqs disabled, * rdp->cpu is the current cpu. + * + * cpu_online_map is updated by the _cpu_down() + * using stop_machine_run(). Since we're in irqs disabled + * section, stop_machine_run() is not exectuting, hence + * the cpu_online_map is stable. + * + * However, a cpu might have been offlined _just_ before + * we disabled irqs while entering here. + * And rcu subsystem might not yet have handled the CPU_DEAD + * notification, leading to the offlined cpu's bit + * being set in the rcp->cpumask. + * + * Hence cpumask = (rcp->cpumask & cpu_online_map) to prevent + * sending smp_reschedule() to an offlined CPU. */ - cpumask = rcp->cpumask; + cpus_and(cpumask, rcp->cpumask, cpu_online_map); cpu_clear(rdp->cpu, cpumask); for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, cpumask) smp_send_reschedule(cpu);