linux-kernel - [tip: irq/core] softirq: s/BUG/WARN_ONCE/ on tasklet SCHED state not set

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Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:38:18 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Dirk Behme" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>,
        Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, maz@...nel.org
Subject: [tip: irq/core] softirq: s/BUG/WARN_ONCE/ on tasklet SCHED state not set

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

Commit-ID:     6b2c339df90788ce6aeecee78d6494f262929206
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6b2c339df90788ce6aeecee78d6494f262929206
Author:        Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:20:12 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:59:35 +01:00

softirq: s/BUG/WARN_ONCE/ on tasklet SCHED state not set

Replace BUG() with WARN_ONCE() on wrong tasklet state, in order to:

 - increase the verbosity / aid in debugging
 - avoid fatal/unrecoverable state

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>
Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210317102012.32399-1-erosca@de.adit-jv.com
---
 kernel/softirq.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 8b44ab9..8d56bbf 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -531,6 +531,18 @@ void __tasklet_hi_schedule(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tasklet_hi_schedule);
 
+static bool tasklet_should_run(struct tasklet_struct *t)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(TASKLET_STATE_SCHED, &t->state))
+		return true;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "tasklet SCHED state not set: %s %pS\n",
+		  t->use_callback ? "callback" : "func",
+		  t->use_callback ? (void *)t->callback : (void *)t->func);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void tasklet_action_common(struct softirq_action *a,
 				  struct tasklet_head *tl_head,
 				  unsigned int softirq_nr)
@@ -550,13 +562,12 @@ static void tasklet_action_common(struct softirq_action *a,
 
 		if (tasklet_trylock(t)) {
 			if (!atomic_read(&t->count)) {
-				if (!test_and_clear_bit(TASKLET_STATE_SCHED,
-							&t->state))
-					BUG();
-				if (t->use_callback)
-					t->callback(t);
-				else
-					t->func(t->data);
+				if (tasklet_should_run(t)) {
+					if (t->use_callback)
+						t->callback(t);
+					else
+						t->func(t->data);
+				}
 				tasklet_unlock(t);
 				continue;
 			}