linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 07/19] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_node ->boost

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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:10:42 -0700
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 07/19] rcu: Add WRITE_ONCE() to rcu_node ->boost_tasks

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

The rcu_node structure's ->boost_tasks 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_plugin.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index ed6bb46..664d0aa 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long flags)
 			/* Snapshot ->boost_mtx ownership w/rnp->lock held. */
 			drop_boost_mutex = rt_mutex_owner(&rnp->boost_mtx) == t;
 			if (&t->rcu_node_entry == rnp->boost_tasks)
-				rnp->boost_tasks = np;
+				WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks, np);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static void rcu_initiate_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp, unsigned long flags)
 	     rnp->qsmask == 0 &&
 	     (ULONG_CMP_GE(jiffies, rnp->boost_time) || rcu_state.cbovld))) {
 		if (rnp->exp_tasks == NULL)
-			rnp->boost_tasks = rnp->gp_tasks;
+			WRITE_ONCE(rnp->boost_tasks, rnp->gp_tasks);
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rnp, flags);
 		rcu_wake_cond(rnp->boost_kthread_task,
 			      READ_ONCE(rnp->boost_kthread_status));
-- 
2.9.5