From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757388Ab2FOS6g (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:58:36 -0400 Received: from e37.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.158]:53930 "EHLO e37.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753958Ab2FOS6c (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:58:32 -0400 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, laijs@cn.fujitsu.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca, josh@joshtriplett.org, niv@us.ibm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, dhowells@redhat.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, darren@dvhart.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, patches@linaro.org, "Paul E. McKenney" , "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/6] rcu: Fix bug in rcu_barrier() torture test Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:57:52 -0700 Message-Id: <1339786674-25265-4-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.8 In-Reply-To: <1339786674-25265-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20120615185725.GA25163@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1339786674-25265-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 12061518-7408-0000-0000-000005E403A5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Paul E. McKenney" The child threads in the rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() are improperly synchronized, which can cause the rcu_barrier() tests to hang. The failure mode is as follows: 1. CPU 0 running in rcu_torture_barrier() sets barrier_cbs_count to n_barrier_cbs. 2. CPU 1 running in rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() wakes up, posts its RCU callback, and atomically decrements barrier_cbs_count. Because barrier_cbs_count is not zero, it does not do the wake_up(). 3. CPU 2 running in rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() wakes up, but finds that barrier_cbs_count is not equal to n_barrier_cbs, and so returns to sleep. 4. The value of barrier_cbs_count therefore never reaches zero, which causes the test to hang. This commit therefore uses a phase variable to coordinate the test, preventing this scenario from occurring. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcutorture.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c index 7b6935e..08d8537 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static unsigned long boost_starttime; /* jiffies of next boost test start. */ DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */ /* and boost task create/destroy. */ static atomic_t barrier_cbs_count; /* Barrier callbacks registered. */ +static bool barrier_phase; /* Test phase. */ static atomic_t barrier_cbs_invoked; /* Barrier callbacks invoked. */ static wait_queue_head_t *barrier_cbs_wq; /* Coordinate barrier testing. */ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(barrier_wq); @@ -1642,6 +1643,7 @@ void rcu_torture_barrier_cbf(struct rcu_head *rcu) static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg) { long myid = (long)arg; + bool lastphase = 0; struct rcu_head rcu; init_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu); @@ -1649,9 +1651,11 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg) set_user_nice(current, 19); do { wait_event(barrier_cbs_wq[myid], - atomic_read(&barrier_cbs_count) == n_barrier_cbs || + barrier_phase != lastphase || kthread_should_stop() || fullstop != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP); + lastphase = barrier_phase; + smp_mb(); if (kthread_should_stop() || fullstop != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP) break; cur_ops->call(&rcu, rcu_torture_barrier_cbf); @@ -1676,7 +1680,8 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier(void *arg) do { atomic_set(&barrier_cbs_invoked, 0); atomic_set(&barrier_cbs_count, n_barrier_cbs); - /* wake_up() path contains the required barriers. */ + smp_mb(); + barrier_phase = !barrier_phase; for (i = 0; i < n_barrier_cbs; i++) wake_up(&barrier_cbs_wq[i]); wait_event(barrier_wq, -- 1.7.8