linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] softirq: s/BUG/WARN_ONCE/ on tasklet SCHED state not set

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Message-ID: <20210317102012.32399-1-erosca@de.adit-jv.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:20:12 +0100
From:   Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Jiafei Pan <Jiafei.Pan@....com>,
        Romain Perier <romain.perier@...il.com>
CC:     Andrew Gabbasov <andrew_gabbasov@...tor.com>,
        Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>,
        Eugeniu Rosca <roscaeugeniu@...il.com>,
        Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@...adit-jv.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] softirq: s/BUG/WARN_ONCE/ on tasklet SCHED state not set

From: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>

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>
---

Changes since v1:
 * Factored out the change into a separate function
 * Replaced BUG with WARN_ONCE
 * Fixed 'checkpatch --strict' errors
 * v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210315154421.11463-1-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 9908ec4a9bfe..17a93d47b9a1 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;
 			}
-- 
2.29.0