linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/3] rcu: Disallow callback registry on offline CPUs

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:03:02 -0700
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, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu, patches@...aro.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 2/3] rcu: Disallow callback registry on offline CPUs

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>

Posting a callback after the CPU_DEAD notifier effectively leaks
that callback unless/until that CPU comes back online.  Silence is
unhelpful when attempting to track down such leaks, so this commit emits
a WARN_ON_ONCE() and unconditionally leaks the callback when an offline
CPU attempts to register a callback.  The rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] is
set to NULL in the CPU_DEAD notifier and restored in the CPU_UP_PREPARE
notifier, allowing _call_rcu() to determine exactly when posting callbacks
is illegal.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcutree.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 9854a00..5f8c4dd 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,9 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	WARN_ONCE(rdp->qlen != 0 || rdp->nxtlist != NULL,
 		  "rcu_cleanup_dead_cpu: Callbacks on offline CPU %d: qlen=%lu, nxtlist=%p\n",
 		  cpu, rdp->qlen, rdp->nxtlist);
+	init_callback_list(rdp);
+	/* Disallow further callbacks on this CPU. */
+	rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] = NULL;
 }
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
@@ -1925,6 +1928,12 @@ __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu),
 	rdp = this_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda);
 
 	/* Add the callback to our list. */
+	if (unlikely(rdp->nxttail[RCU_NEXT_TAIL] == NULL)) {
+		/* _call_rcu() is illegal on offline CPU; leak the callback. */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		return;
+	}
 	ACCESS_ONCE(rdp->qlen)++;
 	if (lazy)
 		rdp->qlen_lazy++;
@@ -2462,6 +2471,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
 	rdp->qlen_last_fqs_check = 0;
 	rdp->n_force_qs_snap = rsp->n_force_qs;
 	rdp->blimit = blimit;
+	init_callback_list(rdp);  /* Re-enable callbacks on this CPU. */
 	rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE;
 	atomic_set(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks,
 		   (atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks) & ~0x1) + 1);
-- 
1.7.8

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