linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] x86/mce: fix RCU lockdep splats

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Date:	Fri,  5 Mar 2010 15:03:27 -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>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] x86/mce: fix RCU lockdep splats

Create an rcu_dereference_check_mce() that checks for RCU-sched read
side and mce_read_mutex being held on update side.  Replace uses
of rcu_dereference() in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c with this
new macro.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c |   11 ++++++++---
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index a8aacd4..4442e9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 
 #include "mce-internal.h"
 
+#define rcu_dereference_check_mce(p) \
+	rcu_dereference_check((p), \
+			      rcu_read_lock_sched_held() || \
+			      lockdep_is_held(&mce_read_mutex))
+
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/mce.h>
 
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
 	mce->finished = 0;
 	wmb();
 	for (;;) {
-		entry = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next);
+		entry = rcu_dereference_check_mce(mcelog.next);
 		for (;;) {
 			/*
 			 * When the buffer fills up discard new entries.
@@ -1500,7 +1505,7 @@ static ssize_t mce_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t usize,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mce_read_mutex);
-	next = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next);
+	next = rcu_dereference_check_mce(mcelog.next);
 
 	/* Only supports full reads right now */
 	if (*off != 0 || usize < MCE_LOG_LEN*sizeof(struct mce)) {
@@ -1565,7 +1570,7 @@ timeout:
 static unsigned int mce_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	poll_wait(file, &mce_wait, wait);
-	if (rcu_dereference(mcelog.next))
+	if (rcu_dereference_check_mce(mcelog.next))
 		return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.6.6

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