linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_do_batch() access to rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace

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Date:   Fri, 09 Oct 2020 06:35:38 -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 READ_ONCE() to rcu_do_batch() access to
 rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump

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

Commit-ID:     1ef5a442a113d140580b3b8bbd6f50c9f7746397
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/1ef5a442a113d140580b3b8bbd6f50c9f7746397
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:57:59 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:36:08 -07:00

rcu: Add READ_ONCE() to rcu_do_batch() access to rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump

Given that sysfs can change the value of rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump at any
time, this commit adds a READ_ONCE() to the accesses to that variable.

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

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index a1780a6..0fde39b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 		/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
 		print_cpu_stall(gps);
-		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
+		if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 
 	} else if (rcu_gp_in_progress() &&
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_data *rdp)
 
 		/* They had a few time units to dump stack, so complain. */
 		print_other_cpu_stall(gs2, gps);
-		if (rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump)
+		if (READ_ONCE(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump))
 			rcu_ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 }