linux-kernel - [PATCH] Avoid indefinite wait in smp_call_function

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Date:	Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:20:56 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Saeed Bishara <saeed.bishara@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid indefinite wait in smp_call_function_many() if
 cpumask is modified

On ARM processors (and not only) with software broadcasting of the TLB
maintenance operations, smp_call_function_many() is given a
mm_cpumask(mm) as argument. This cpumask may be modified (bits cleared)
during the smp_call_function_many() execution as a result of other
events like ASID roll-over.

smp_call_function_many() checks the mask for CPUs to call but there is a
small window between the last check and the mask copying to
data->cpumask when the given mask may be modified. If the mask is reset
to the current CPU only, csd_lock_wait() at the end of the function
would wait indefinitely. Similar scenario could happen if a CPU goes
offline in this window.

This patch adds an additional check for data->refs in
smp_call_function_many() to avoid waiting indefinitely if there are no
CPUs to call.

Reported-by: Saeed Bishara <saeed.bishara@...il.com>
Tested-by: Saeed Bishara <saeed.bishara@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
---

An alternative to this patch would be to find the
smp_call_function_many() calling sites and do a cpumask_copy() so that
the mask passed is guaranteed to remain unmodified. But I prefer the
current patch as it is much simpler.

 kernel/smp.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 9910744..a79454f 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ void smp_call_function_many(const struct cpumask *mask,
 	smp_wmb();

 	atomic_set(&data->refs, cpumask_weight(data->cpumask));
+	if (unlikely(!atomic_read(&data->refs))) {
+		csd_unlock(&data->csd);
+		return;
+	}

 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&call_function.lock, flags);
 	/*

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