linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/12] rcu: Reset rcu_fanout

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:31:03 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	dvhart@...ux.intel.com, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	bobby.prani@...il.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/12] rcu: Reset rcu_fanout_leaf if out of bounds

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Currently if the rcu_fanout_leaf boot parameter is out of bounds (that
is, less than RCU_FANOUT_LEAF or greater than the number of bits in an
unsigned long), a warning is issued and execution continues with the
out-of-bounds value.  This can result in all manner of failures, so this
patch resets rcu_fanout_leaf to RCU_FANOUT_LEAF when an out-of-bounds
condition is detected.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index e53bbc53bcd5..a2147d7b51c0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -4103,6 +4103,7 @@ static void __init rcu_init_geometry(void)
 	 */
 	if (rcu_fanout_leaf < RCU_FANOUT_LEAF ||
 	    rcu_fanout_leaf > sizeof(unsigned long) * 8) {
+		rcu_fanout_leaf = RCU_FANOUT_LEAF;
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
1.8.1.5

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