linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 2/2] tools/memory-model: Provide exact SRCU semantics

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:31:08 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:     Jonas Oberhauser <jonas.oberhauser@...weicloud.com>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Jonas Oberhauser <jonas.oberhauser@...wei.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, will <will@...nel.org>,
        "boqun.feng" <boqun.feng@...il.com>, npiggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        dhowells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "j.alglave" <j.alglave@....ac.uk>,
        "luc.maranget" <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>, akiyks <akiyks@...il.com>,
        dlustig <dlustig@...dia.com>, joel <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        urezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        quic_neeraju <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        frederic <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/2] tools/memory-model: Provide exact SRCU semantics

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 02:10:10PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 09:35:07AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 12:30:14PM +0100, Jonas Oberhauser wrote:
> > > I don't think they're necessarily implemented in a compatible way, so
> > > 
> > > r = srcu_lock(s);
> > > srcu_up(s,r);
> > > 
> > > might not actually work, but would currently be ok'ed by LKMM.
> > 
> > In kernels built with CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y (AKA built with lockdep
> > enabled), lockdep would complain about having an srcu_read_lock() with
> > no matching srcu_read_unlock().  Kernels built without lockdep (that is,
> > kernels actually used in production) would be happy with this.
> > 
> > So as Jonas suspects, this should be classified as not actually working.
> 
> Lockdep complaints don't actually stop things from working (unless you 
> want them to).  They're just warnings, right?

True, but they are taken seriously due to lockdep disabling itself after
the first warning.  So a warning for this sort of thing could hide some
other deadlock, which tend to strongly motivate fixing issues leading
to lockdep warnings.

							Thanx, Paul