linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/apic: Fix suspicious RCU usage in smp_trace_call_function

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:19:32 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/apic: Fix suspicious RCU usage in smp_trace_call_function_interrupt

2016-10-12 21:17 GMT+08:00 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>:
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2016, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> irq_enter() which is called in scheduler_ipi() is too late to tell RCU
>> susbstems to end the extended quiescent state before ack_APIC_irq(),
>> any ideas?
>
> You can call irq_enter/exit() in __smp_reschedule_interrupt(). It can be
> called nested.

In smp_reschedule_interrupt()? Do you mean something like this?

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
index 658777c..ac2ee87 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smp.c
@@ -259,8 +259,10 @@ static inline void __smp_reschedule_interrupt(void)

 __visible void smp_reschedule_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+       irq_enter();
        ack_APIC_irq();
        __smp_reschedule_interrupt();
+       irq_exit();
        /*
         * KVM uses this interrupt to force a cpu out of guest mode
         */