linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcutorture: Check for unwatched readers

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Message-ID: <159618736083.4006.18312756613398565511.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 09:22:40 -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] rcutorture: Check for unwatched readers

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

Commit-ID:     775227511843202e65a7f194cbf64f38de01f004
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/775227511843202e65a7f194cbf64f38de01f004
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:43:14 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:01:44 -07:00

rcutorture: Check for unwatched readers

RCU is supposed to be watching all non-idle kernel code and also all
softirq handlers.  This commit adds some teeth to this statement by
adding a WARN_ON_ONCE().

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

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 37455a1..9c31001 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1377,6 +1377,7 @@ static bool rcu_torture_one_read(struct torture_random_state *trsp)
 	struct rt_read_seg *rtrsp1;
 	unsigned long long ts;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_is_watching());
 	newstate = rcutorture_extend_mask(readstate, trsp);
 	rcutorture_one_extend(&readstate, newstate, trsp, rtrsp++);
 	started = cur_ops->get_gp_seq();