linux-kernel - [PATCH rcu 2/4] rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_fwd_cb

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Message-Id: <20240604223633.2371664-2-paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: Tue,  4 Jun 2024 15:36:31 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: rcu@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...a.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
	Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
	kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH rcu 2/4] rcutorture: Fix rcu_torture_fwd_cb_cr() data race

On powerpc systems, spinlock acquisition does not order prior stores
against later loads.  This means that this statement:

	rfcp->rfc_next = NULL;

Can be reordered to follow this statement:

	WRITE_ONCE(*rfcpp, rfcp);

Which is then a data race with rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cr(), specifically,
this statement:

	rfcpn = READ_ONCE(rfcp->rfc_next)

KCSAN located this data race, which represents a real failure on powerpc.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>
Cc: <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 44cc455e1b615..cafe047d046e8 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static void rcu_torture_fwd_cb_cr(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rfp->rcu_fwd_lock, flags);
 	rfcpp = rfp->rcu_fwd_cb_tail;
 	rfp->rcu_fwd_cb_tail = &rfcp->rfc_next;
-	WRITE_ONCE(*rfcpp, rfcp);
+	smp_store_release(rfcpp, rfcp);
 	WRITE_ONCE(rfp->n_launders_cb, rfp->n_launders_cb + 1);
 	i = ((jiffies - rfp->rcu_fwd_startat) / (HZ / FWD_CBS_HIST_DIV));
 	if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(rfp->n_launders_hist))
-- 
2.40.1