From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/4] Forbid static SRCU use in modules Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 15:26:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <134026717.535.1554665176677.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> References: <20190402142816.GA13084@linux.ibm.com> <20190403133243.GE4102@linux.ibm.com> <1028306587.504.1554301662374.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> <20190403162039.GA14111@linux.ibm.com> <20190405232835.GA24702@linux.ibm.com> <20190406230613.GA187766@google.com> <20190407133941.GC14111@linux.ibm.com> <20190407135937.GA30053@linux.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20190407135937.GA30053-tEXmvtCZX7AybS5Ee8rs3A@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-nvdimm-bounces-hn68Rpc1hR1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org Sender: "Linux-nvdimm" To: paulmck Cc: David Howells , amd-gfx , linux-nvdimm , Peter Zijlstra , fweisbec , dri-devel , Lai Jiangshan , linux-kernel , rostedt , Josh Triplett , rcu , Eric Dumazet , Thomas Gleixner , Oleg Nesterov , dipankar , "Joel Fernandes, Google" , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org ----- On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:59 AM, paulmck paulmck-tEXmvtCZX7AybS5Ee8rs3A@public.gmane.org wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2019 at 06:39:41AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 06, 2019 at 07:06:13PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote: > > [ . . . ] > >> > > diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >> > > b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >> > > index f8f6f04c4453..c2d919a1566e 100644 >> > > --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >> > > +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h >> > > @@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ >> > > KEEP(*(__tracepoints_ptrs)) /* Tracepoints: pointer array */ \ >> > > __stop___tracepoints_ptrs = .; \ >> > > *(__tracepoints_strings)/* Tracepoints: strings */ \ >> > > + . = ALIGN(8); \ >> > > + __start___srcu_struct = .; \ >> > > + *(___srcu_struct_ptrs) \ >> > > + __end___srcu_struct = .; \ >> > > } \ >> > >> > This vmlinux linker modification is not needed. I tested without it and srcu >> > torture works fine with rcutorture built as a module. Putting further prints >> > in kernel/module.c verified that the kernel is able to find the srcu structs >> > just fine. You could squash the below patch into this one or apply it on top >> > of the dev branch. >> >> Good point, given that otherwise FORTRAN named common blocks would not >> work. >> >> But isn't one advantage of leaving that stuff in the RO_DATA_SECTION() >> macro that it can be mapped read-only? Or am I suffering from excessive >> optimism? > > And to answer the other question, in the case where I am suffering from > excessive optimism, it should be a separate commit. Please see below > for the updated original commit thus far. > > And may I have your Tested-by? Just to confirm: does the cleanup performed in the modules going notifier end up acting as a barrier first before freeing the memory ? If not, is it explicitly stated that a barrier must be issued before module unload ? Thanks, Mathieu -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com