linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/17] rcu: Avoid ->dynticks

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Date:   Fri,  1 Dec 2017 11:36:43 -0800
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,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/17] rcu: Avoid ->dynticks_nesting store tearing

Although ->dynticks_nesting is updated only by process level, it is
accessed from hardirq to check for interrupt-from-idle quiescent states.
Store tearing is thus possible, so this commit applies WRITE_ONCE()
to ->dynticks_nesting stores.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 80cada11f544..b2ded4d436c6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(bool user)
 		do_nocb_deferred_wakeup(rdp);
 	}
 	rcu_prepare_for_idle();
-	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 0;
+	WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting, 0); /* Avoid irq-access tearing. */
 	rcu_dynticks_eqs_enter();
 	rcu_dynticks_task_enter();
 }
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ static void rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting++;
 	} else {
 		rcu_eqs_exit_common(1, user);
-		rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 1;
+		WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting, 1);
 		WRITE_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting, DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE);
 	}
 }
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 	if (rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist) && /* No early-boot CBs? */
 	    !init_nocb_callback_list(rdp))
 		rcu_segcblist_init(&rdp->cblist);  /* Re-enable callbacks. */
-	rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting = 1;
+	rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting = 1;	/* CPU not up, no tearing. */
 	rcu_dynticks_eqs_online();
 	raw_spin_unlock_rcu_node(rnp);		/* irqs remain disabled. */
 
-- 
2.5.2