linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] srcu: Fix flush srcu structure's->sup work warning in cleanup_srcu

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Date:   Fri, 24 Mar 2023 02:20:18 +0000
From:   "Zhang, Qiang1" <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
To:     "paulmck@...nel.org" <paulmck@...nel.org>
CC:     "frederic@...nel.org" <frederic@...nel.org>,
        "joel@...lfernandes.org" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "rcu@...r.kernel.org" <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "qiang.zhang1211@...il.com" <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] srcu: Fix flush srcu structure's->sup work warning in
 cleanup_srcu_struct()

Cc:  my personal email qiang.zhang1211@...il.com

> When unloading rcutorture kmod will trigger the following callstack:
> 
> insmod rcutorture.ko
> rmmod rcutorture.ko
> 
> [  209.437327] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 508 at kernel/workqueue.c:3167 __flush_work+0x50a/0x540
> [  209.437346] Modules linked in: rcutorture(-) torture [last unloaded: rcutorture]
> [  209.437382] CPU: 0 PID: 508 Comm: rmmod Tainted: G  W  6.3.0-rc1-yocto-standard+
> [  209.437406] RIP: 0010:__flush_work+0x50a/0x540
> .....
> [  209.437758]  flush_delayed_work+0x36/0x90
> [  209.437776]  cleanup_srcu_struct+0x68/0x2e0
> [  209.437817]  srcu_module_notify+0x71/0x140
> [  209.437854]  blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x9d/0xd0
> [  209.437880]  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x223/0x2e0
> [  209.438046]  do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90
> [  209.438062]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
> 
> flush_delayed_work()
> ->__flush_work()
>    ->if (WARN_ON(!work->func))
>         return false;
> 
> For srcu objects defined with DEFINE_SRCU() or DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(),
> when compiling and loading as modules, the srcu_module_coming() is
> invoked, allocate memory for srcu structure's->sda and initialize
> sda structure, due to not fully initialize srcu structure's->sup,
> so at this time the sup structure's->work.work.func is null, if not
> invoke init_srcu_struct_fields() before unloading modules, the
> __flush_work() be invoked in srcu_module_going() and find work->func
> is empty, will raise the warning above.
> 
> This commit add the check of srcu_sup structure's->srcu_gp_seq_needed
> to determine whether the check_init_srcu_struct() has been invoked to
> initialize srcu objects in srcu_module_going(), if not initialize, there
> are no pending or running works, so there is no need to flush, only invoke
> free_percpu() to release srcu structure's->sda.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
>
>Thank you for the testing, bug-finding, and problem-solving!
>
>In theory, you would need a Signed-off-by here from me as well, but
>in practice bisectability means that this must be folded into this:
>
>e7c778489040 ("srcu: Use static init for statically allocated in-module srcu_struct")
>	
>This will of course be with attribution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
>
>But this is still a bit more complex than needed.  How about something
>like this?

Agree,  from a logical point of view, this is more rigorous😊.

Thanks
Zqiang

>
>							Thanx, Paul
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>/* Initialize any global-scope srcu_struct structures used by this module. */
>static int srcu_module_coming(struct module *mod)
>{
>	int i;
>	struct srcu_struct *ssp;
>	struct srcu_struct **sspp = mod->srcu_struct_ptrs;
>
>	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_srcu_structs; i++) {
>		ssp = *(sspp++);
>		ssp->sda = alloc_percpu(struct srcu_data);
>		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->sda))
>			return -ENOMEM;
>	}
>	return 0;
>}
>
>/* Clean up any global-scope srcu_struct structures used by this module. */
>static void srcu_module_going(struct module *mod)
>{
>	int i;
>	struct srcu_struct *ssp;
>	struct srcu_struct **sspp = mod->srcu_struct_ptrs;
>
>	for (i = 0; i < mod->num_srcu_structs; i++) {
>		ssp = *(sspp++);
>		if (!rcu_seq_state(smp_load_acquire(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_gp_seq_needed)) &&
>		    !WARN_ON_ONCE(!ssp->srcu_sup->sda_is_static))
>				cleanup_srcu_struct(ssp);
>		free_percpu(ssp->sda);
>	}
>}