From: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 4/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (IV)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:12:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871pg5yixa.fsf@toke.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423102324.3172448-5-edumazet@google.com>
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> writes:
> cake_dump_stats() runs without qdisc spinlock being held.
>
> In this fourth patch, I add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations
> for the following fields:
>
> - avg_peak_bandwidth
> - buffer_limit
> - buffer_max_used
> - avg_netoff
> - max_netlen
> - max_adjlen
> - min_netlen
> - min_adjlen
> - active_queues
> - tin_rate_bps
> - bytes
> - tin_backlog
>
> Other annotations are added in following patch, to ease code review.
>
> Fixes: 046f6fd5daef ("sched: Add Common Applications Kept Enhanced (cake) qdisc")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Cc: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>
> ---
> net/sched/sch_cake.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/sch_cake.c b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> index c5aae31565e984e40937b55201b498174a37180e..c3b09f67f0fdbc51d23b3d22df9ab89a716c7e2b 100644
> --- a/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> +++ b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
> @@ -1379,9 +1379,9 @@ static u32 cake_calc_overhead(struct cake_sched_data *qd, u32 len, u32 off)
> len -= off;
>
> if (qd->max_netlen < len)
> - qd->max_netlen = len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(qd->max_netlen, len);
> if (qd->min_netlen > len)
> - qd->min_netlen = len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(qd->min_netlen, len);
>
> len += q->rate_overhead;
>
> @@ -1401,9 +1401,9 @@ static u32 cake_calc_overhead(struct cake_sched_data *qd, u32 len, u32 off)
> }
>
> if (qd->max_adjlen < len)
> - qd->max_adjlen = len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(qd->max_adjlen, len);
> if (qd->min_adjlen > len)
> - qd->min_adjlen = len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(qd->min_adjlen, len);
>
> return len;
> }
> @@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ static u32 cake_overhead(struct cake_sched_data *q, const struct sk_buff *skb)
> u16 segs = qdisc_pkt_segs(skb);
> u32 len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
>
> - q->avg_netoff = cake_ewma(q->avg_netoff, off << 16, 8);
> + WRITE_ONCE(q->avg_netoff, cake_ewma(q->avg_netoff, off << 16, 8));
>
> if (segs == 1)
> return cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off);
> @@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static unsigned int cake_drop(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff **to_free)
> len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
> q->buffer_used -= skb->truesize;
> b->backlogs[idx] -= len;
> - b->tin_backlog -= len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->tin_backlog, b->tin_backlog - len);
> sch->qstats.backlog -= len;
>
> flow->dropped++;
> @@ -1824,9 +1824,9 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> }
>
> /* stats */
> - b->bytes += slen;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->bytes, b->bytes + slen);
> b->backlogs[idx] += slen;
> - b->tin_backlog += slen;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->tin_backlog, b->tin_backlog + slen);
> sch->qstats.backlog += slen;
> q->avg_window_bytes += slen;
nit: these break up the aligned block, which hurts readability, IMO. Can
we keep the WRITE_ONCE() lines at the top or the bottom of the block?
> @@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> WRITE_ONCE(b->ack_drops, b->ack_drops + 1);
> sch->qstats.drops++;
> ack_pkt_len = qdisc_pkt_len(ack);
> - b->bytes += ack_pkt_len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->bytes, b->bytes + ack_pkt_len);
> q->buffer_used += skb->truesize - ack->truesize;
> if (q->config->rate_flags & CAKE_FLAG_INGRESS)
> cake_advance_shaper(q, b, ack, now, true);
> @@ -1861,9 +1861,9 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
>
> /* stats */
> WRITE_ONCE(b->packets, b->packets + 1);
> - b->bytes += len - ack_pkt_len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->bytes, b->bytes + len - ack_pkt_len);
> b->backlogs[idx] += len - ack_pkt_len;
> - b->tin_backlog += len - ack_pkt_len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->tin_backlog, b->tin_backlog + len - ack_pkt_len);
> sch->qstats.backlog += len - ack_pkt_len;
> q->avg_window_bytes += len - ack_pkt_len;
same here
> }
> @@ -1895,9 +1895,9 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> u64 b = q->avg_window_bytes * (u64)NSEC_PER_SEC;
>
> b = div64_u64(b, window_interval);
> - q->avg_peak_bandwidth =
> - cake_ewma(q->avg_peak_bandwidth, b,
> - b > q->avg_peak_bandwidth ? 2 : 8);
> + WRITE_ONCE(q->avg_peak_bandwidth,
> + cake_ewma(q->avg_peak_bandwidth, b,
> + b > q->avg_peak_bandwidth ? 2 : 8));
> q->avg_window_bytes = 0;
> q->avg_window_begin = now;
>
> @@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
> }
>
> if (q->buffer_used > q->buffer_max_used)
> - q->buffer_max_used = q->buffer_used;
> + WRITE_ONCE(q->buffer_max_used, q->buffer_used);
>
> if (q->buffer_used <= q->buffer_limit)
> return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
> @@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *cake_dequeue_one(struct Qdisc *sch)
> skb = dequeue_head(flow);
> len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
> b->backlogs[q->cur_flow] -= len;
> - b->tin_backlog -= len;
> + WRITE_ONCE(b->tin_backlog, b->tin_backlog - len);
> sch->qstats.backlog -= len;
> q->buffer_used -= skb->truesize;
> sch->q.qlen--;
and here
-Toke
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 10:23 [PATCH net 0/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (series) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 10:23 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (I) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 12:08 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-04-23 10:23 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (II) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 12:10 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-04-23 10:23 ` [PATCH net 3/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (III) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 12:11 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-04-23 10:23 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (IV) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 12:12 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen [this message]
2026-04-27 8:27 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 10:23 ` [PATCH net 5/5] net/sched: sch_cake: annotate data-races in cake_dump_stats() (V) Eric Dumazet
2026-04-23 12:12 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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