linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] percpu-refcount: init ->confirm

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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:27:09 +0200
From:	Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@...fitbricks.com>
To:	unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:	Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@...fitbricks.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] percpu-refcount: init ->confirm_switch member properly

This patch targets two things which are related to ->confirm_switch:

 1. Init ->confirm_switch pointer with NULL on percpu_ref_init() or
    kernel frightfully complains with WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->confirm_switch)
    at __percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic if memory chunk was not properly
    zeroed.

 2. Warn if RCU callback is still in progress on percpu_ref_exit().
    The race still exists, because percpu_ref_call_confirm_rcu()
    drops ->confirm_switch to NULL early, but that is only a warning
    and still the caller is responsible that ref is no longer in
    active use.  Hopefully that can help to catch incorrect usage
    of percpu-refcount.

Signed-off-by: Roman Pen <roman.penyaev@...fitbricks.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 lib/percpu-refcount.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 6111bcb..9c110e0 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ int percpu_ref_init(struct percpu_ref *ref, percpu_ref_func_t *release,
 	atomic_long_set(&ref->count, start_count);
 
 	ref->release = release;
+	ref->confirm_switch = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_ref_init);
@@ -101,6 +102,11 @@ void percpu_ref_exit(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	unsigned long __percpu *percpu_count = percpu_count_ptr(ref);
 
 	if (percpu_count) {
+		/*
+		 * Non-NULL ->confirm_switch is used to indicate that
+		 * switching is in progress.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(ref->confirm_switch);
 		free_percpu(percpu_count);
 		ref->percpu_count_ptr = __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC_DEAD;
 	}
-- 
2.9.0