linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_req

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Message-ID: <158504141385.28353.5264533813185522124.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:16:53 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_req_activity

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2906d2154cd6ad6e4452cc25315d3cea7bb7f2d7
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2906d2154cd6ad6e4452cc25315d3cea7bb7f2d7
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:17:12 -08:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:58:22 -08:00

rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_state ->gp_req_activity

The rcu_state structure's ->gp_req_activity field is read locklessly,
so this commit adds the WRITE_ONCE() to an update in order to provide
proper documentation and READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairing.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/tree.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 236692d..9443909 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ static bool rcu_start_this_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp_start, struct rcu_data *rdp,
 	}
 	trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, rdp, gp_seq_req, TPS("Startedroot"));
 	WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, rcu_state.gp_flags | RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
-	rcu_state.gp_req_activity = jiffies;
+	WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity, jiffies);
 	if (!rcu_state.gp_kthread) {
 		trace_rcu_this_gp(rnp, rdp, gp_seq_req, TPS("NoGPkthread"));
 		goto unlock_out;
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ static void rcu_gp_cleanup(void)
 		    rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded(&rdp->cblist);
 	if ((offloaded || !rcu_accelerate_cbs(rnp, rdp)) && needgp) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_flags, RCU_GP_FLAG_INIT);
-		rcu_state.gp_req_activity = jiffies;
+		WRITE_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_req_activity, jiffies);
 		trace_rcu_grace_period(rcu_state.name,
 				       READ_ONCE(rcu_state.gp_seq),
 				       TPS("newreq"));