linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] srcu: Fix __call_srcu()/process

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Message-ID: <158504139916.28353.3509934736900696325.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:16:39 -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] srcu: Fix __call_srcu()/process_srcu() datarace

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

Commit-ID:     7ff8b4502bc0f576450d4ecbda97fa30e8002ed1
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/7ff8b4502bc0f576450d4ecbda97fa30e8002ed1
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Sun, 22 Dec 2019 19:32:54 -08:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 16:01:11 -08:00

srcu: Fix __call_srcu()/process_srcu() datarace

The srcu_node structure's ->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp field is accessed
locklessly, so updates must use WRITE_ONCE().  This commit therefore
adds the needed WRITE_ONCE() invocations.

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/srcutree.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 657e6a7..b1edac9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static void srcu_gp_end(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 		snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx] = gpseq;
 		rcu_seq_set_state(&snp->srcu_have_cbs[idx], 1);
 		if (ULONG_CMP_LT(snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, gpseq))
-			snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = gpseq;
+			WRITE_ONCE(snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, gpseq);
 		mask = snp->srcu_data_have_cbs[idx];
 		snp->srcu_data_have_cbs[idx] = 0;
 		spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(snp);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static void srcu_funnel_gp_start(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct srcu_data *sdp,
 		if (snp == sdp->mynode)
 			snp->srcu_data_have_cbs[idx] |= sdp->grpmask;
 		if (!do_norm && ULONG_CMP_LT(snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s))
-			snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp = s;
+			WRITE_ONCE(snp->srcu_gp_seq_needed_exp, s);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(snp, flags);
 	}