linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 28/30] rcu: Mark rcu_state.ncpus to detect concurrent writes

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Date:   Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:56:05 -0800
From:   paulmck@...nel.org
To:     rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, 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, joel@...lfernandes.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 28/30] rcu: Mark rcu_state.ncpus to detect concurrent writes

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>

The rcu_state structure's ncpus field is only to be modified by the
CPU-hotplug CPU-online code path, which is single-threaded.  This
commit therefore enlists KCSAN's help in enforcing this restriction.

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

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 4146207..3a60a160 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3397,6 +3397,7 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 	nbits = bitmap_weight(&oldmask, BITS_PER_LONG);
 	/* Allow lockless access for expedited grace periods. */
 	smp_store_release(&rcu_state.ncpus, rcu_state.ncpus + nbits); /* ^^^ */
+	ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(rcu_state.ncpus);
 	rcu_gpnum_ovf(rnp, rdp); /* Offline-induced counter wrap? */
 	rdp->rcu_onl_gp_seq = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_seq);
 	rdp->rcu_onl_gp_flags = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags);
-- 
2.9.5