linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/21] rcu: integrate rcu_dereference

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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:04:47 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/21] rcu: integrate rcu_dereference_check() message into lockdep

Make rcu_dereference_check() print the list of held locks in addition
to the stack dump to ease debugging.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/lockdep.h  |    4 ++++
 include/linux/rcupdate.h |    4 ++--
 kernel/lockdep.c         |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index 9ccf0e2..10206a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -534,4 +534,8 @@ do {									\
 # define might_lock_read(lock) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+extern void lockdep_rcu_dereference(const char *file, const int line);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_LOCKDEP_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 839d296..1a4de31 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ static inline int rcu_read_lock_sched_held(void)
  */
 #define rcu_dereference_check(p, c) \
 	({ \
-		if (debug_locks) \
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(!(c)); \
+		if (debug_locks && !(c)) \
+			lockdep_rcu_dereference(__FILE__, __LINE__); \
 		rcu_dereference_raw(p); \
 	})
 
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 5feaddc..a44c1b2 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -3809,3 +3809,21 @@ void lockdep_sys_exit(void)
 		lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
 	}
 }
+
+void lockdep_rcu_dereference(const char *file, const int line)
+{
+	struct task_struct *curr = current;
+
+	if (!debug_locks_off())
+		return;
+	printk("\n==============================================\n");
+	printk(  "[ BUG: Unsafe rcu_dereference_check() usage! ]\n");
+	printk(  "----------------------------------------------\n");
+	printk("%s:%d invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!\n",
+			file, line);
+	printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\n");
+	lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
+	printk("\nstack backtrace:\n");
+	dump_stack();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_rcu_dereference);
-- 
1.6.6

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