linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] rcu-tasks: Directly invoke rcuwait_wake_up() in call_rcu_tasks

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:36:24 +0000
From:   "Zhuo, Qiuxu" <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>
To:     "Zhang, Qiang1" <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>,
        "paulmck@...nel.org" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        "frederic@...nel.org" <frederic@...nel.org>,
        "quic_neeraju@...cinc.com" <quic_neeraju@...cinc.com>,
        "joel@...lfernandes.org" <joel@...lfernandes.org>
CC:     "rcu@...r.kernel.org" <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] rcu-tasks: Directly invoke rcuwait_wake_up() in
 call_rcu_tasks_generic()

> From: Zhang, Qiang1 <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 4:43 PM
> To: Zhuo, Qiuxu <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>; paulmck@...nel.org;
> frederic@...nel.org; quic_neeraju@...cinc.com; joel@...lfernandes.org
> Cc: rcu@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH] rcu-tasks: Directly invoke rcuwait_wake_up() in
> call_rcu_tasks_generic()
> 
> > From: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@...el.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 2:30 PM
> > To: paulmck@...nel.org; frederic@...nel.org; quic_neeraju@...cinc.com;
> > joel@...lfernandes.org
> > Cc: rcu@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: [PATCH] rcu-tasks: Directly invoke rcuwait_wake_up() in
> > call_rcu_tasks_generic()
> >
> > According to commit '3063b33a347c ("Avoid raw-spinlocked wakeups from
> > call_rcu_tasks_generic()")', the grace-period kthread is delayed to
> > wakeup using irq_work_queue() is because if the caller of
> > call_rcu_tasks_generic() holds a raw spinlock, when the kernel is
> > built with CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING=y, due to a spinlock will
> be
> > hold in wake_up(), so the lockdep splats will happen. but now using
> > rcuwait_wake_up() to wakeup grace-period kthread instead of wake_up(),
> > in
> > rcuwait_wake_up() no spinlock will be acquired, so this commit remove
> > using
> >
> >There are still spinlock-acquisition and spinlock-release invocations within
> the call path from rcuwait_wake_up().
> >
> >rcuwait_wake_up() -> wake_up_process() -> try_to_wake_up(), then:
> >
> >    raw_spin_lock_irqsave()
> >    ...
> >    raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
> 
> Yes, but this is raw_spinlock acquisition and release(note: spinlock will
> convert to sleepable lock in Preempt-RT kernel, but raw spinlock is not
> change).

Hi Qiang,

Yes, you're correct. Thanks for correcting me.

-Qiuxu

> acquire raw_spinlock -> acquire spinlock  will trigger lockdep warning.
> 
> Thanks
> Zqiang