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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:10 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Eric Sesterhenn <eric.sesterhenn@...xperts.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RCU callbacks and TREE_PREEMPT_RCU
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 01:19:46AM +0200, Eric Sesterhenn wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 08:57 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 08:47:16AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 04:34:15PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 08:29 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:17:21PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > > > > > When TREE_PREEMPT_RCU is enabled, the rcu list traversing above fails
> > > > > > with access to 0x6b6b6b6b but it is fine with TREE_PREEMPT_RCU=n and
> > > > > > TREE_RCU=y. During clean-up, kmemleak objects should no longer be freed
> > > > > > by other means since kmemleak was disabled and all callbacks are
> > > > > > ignored. The system is a 900Mhz P3, 256MB RAM, CONFIG_SMP=n.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there something I'm doing wrong in kmemleak or a bug with RCU
> > > > > > preemption? The kernel oops looks like this:
> > > > >
> > > > > From your description and the code above, I must suspect a bug with
> > > > > RCU preemption. A new one, as the only bugs I am currently chasing
> > > > > involve NR_CPUS>32 (>64 on 64-bit systems).
> > > > >
> > > > > CONFIG_SMP=n implies NR_CPUS==1 in your build, correct?
> > > >
> > > > CONFIG_NR_CPUS=1.
> > >
> > > I was afraid of that. ;-)
> >
> > PS to previous -- there -is- a bug in mainline for TREE_PREEMPT_RCU for
> > single-CPU operation, but it is with synchronize_rcu() rather than
> > call_rcu(). The fix is in tip/core/urgent, commit #366b04ca. Or see
> > the following patch.
> >
> > So, could you please give the following patch a try?
>
> Sadly this does not fix the issue, is there any further information I
> can provide to you?
:-(
Would you be willing to give the attached diagnostic patch a go?
Thanx, Paul
------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 2454999..211442c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
/* Special-case the common single-level case. */
if (NUM_RCU_NODES == 1) {
- rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(rnp);
+ rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
rsp->signaled = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT; /* force_quiescent_state OK. */
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
@@ -657,8 +657,8 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
rnp_end = &rsp->node[NUM_RCU_NODES];
for (rnp_cur = &rsp->node[0]; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++) {
spin_lock(&rnp_cur->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */
- rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(rnp);
+ rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
spin_unlock(&rnp_cur->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */
}
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ rcu_process_gp_end(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
static void cpu_quiet_msk_finish(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
__releases(rnp->lock)
{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rsp->completed == rsp->gpnum);
rsp->completed = rsp->gpnum;
rcu_process_gp_end(rsp, rsp->rda[smp_processor_id()]);
rcu_start_gp(rsp, flags); /* releases root node's rnp->lock. */
@@ -720,6 +721,8 @@ cpu_quiet_msk(unsigned long mask, struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp,
unsigned long flags)
__releases(rnp->lock)
{
+ struct rcu_node *rnp_c;
+
/* Walk up the rcu_node hierarchy. */
for (;;) {
if (!(rnp->qsmask & mask)) {
@@ -743,8 +746,10 @@ cpu_quiet_msk(unsigned long mask, struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp,
break;
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
+ rnp_c = rnp;
rnp = rnp->parent;
spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp_c->qsmask);
}
/*
@@ -853,7 +858,7 @@ static void __rcu_offline_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
spin_lock_irqsave(&rsp->onofflock, flags);
/* Remove the outgoing CPU from the masks in the rcu_node hierarchy. */
- rnp = rdp->mynode;
+ rnp = rdp->mynode; /* this is the outgoing CPU's rnp. */
mask = rdp->grpmask; /* rnp->grplo is constant. */
do {
spin_lock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs already disabled. */
@@ -862,7 +867,7 @@ static void __rcu_offline_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
break;
}
- rcu_preempt_offline_tasks(rsp, rnp);
+ rcu_preempt_offline_tasks(rsp, rnp, rdp);
mask = rnp->grpmask;
spin_unlock(&rnp->lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
rnp = rnp->parent;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index eb4bae3..2b996c3 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ static void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
*/
if (!empty && rnp->qsmask == 0 &&
list_empty(&rnp->blocked_tasks[rnp->gpnum & 0x1])) {
- t->rcu_read_unlock_special &= ~RCU_READ_UNLOCK_NEED_QS;
+ struct rcu_node *rnp_p;
+
if (rnp->parent == NULL) {
/* Only one rcu_node in the tree. */
cpu_quiet_msk_finish(&rcu_preempt_state, flags);
@@ -215,9 +216,10 @@ static void rcu_read_unlock_special(struct task_struct *t)
/* Report up the rest of the hierarchy. */
mask = rnp->grpmask;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
- rnp = rnp->parent;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp->lock, flags);
- cpu_quiet_msk(mask, &rcu_preempt_state, rnp, flags);
+ rnp_p = rnp->parent;
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&rnp_p->lock, flags);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->qsmask);
+ cpu_quiet_msk(mask, &rcu_preempt_state, rnp_p, flags);
return;
}
spin_unlock(&rnp->lock);
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ static void rcu_print_task_stall(struct rcu_node *rnp)
static void rcu_preempt_check_blocked_tasks(struct rcu_node *rnp)
{
WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&rnp->blocked_tasks[rnp->gpnum & 0x1]));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp->qsmask);
}
/*
@@ -302,7 +305,8 @@ static int rcu_preempted_readers(struct rcu_node *rnp)
* The caller must hold rnp->lock with irqs disabled.
*/
static void rcu_preempt_offline_tasks(struct rcu_state *rsp,
- struct rcu_node *rnp)
+ struct rcu_node *rnp,
+ struct rcu_data *rdp)
{
int i;
struct list_head *lp;
@@ -314,6 +318,9 @@ static void rcu_preempt_offline_tasks(struct rcu_state *rsp,
WARN_ONCE(1, "Last CPU thought to be offlined?");
return; /* Shouldn't happen: at least one CPU online. */
}
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rnp != rdp->mynode &&
+ (!list_empty(&rnp->blocked_tasks[0]) ||
+ !list_empty(&rnp->blocked_tasks[1])));
/*
* Move tasks up to root rcu_node. Rely on the fact that the
@@ -489,7 +496,8 @@ static int rcu_preempted_readers(struct rcu_node *rnp)
* tasks that were blocked within RCU read-side critical sections.
*/
static void rcu_preempt_offline_tasks(struct rcu_state *rsp,
- struct rcu_node *rnp)
+ struct rcu_node *rnp,
+ struct rcu_data *rdp)
{
}
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