From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1425436AbdEYWTr (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 18:19:47 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:48411 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S942490AbdEYWAM (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2017 18:00:12 -0400 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@kernel.org, jiangshanlai@gmail.com, dipankar@in.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, dhowells@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, bobby.prani@gmail.com, "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/88] rcu: Complain if blocking in preemptible RCU read-side critical section Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 14:58:43 -0700 X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.5.2 In-Reply-To: <20170525215934.GA11578@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20170525215934.GA11578@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17052522-2213-0000-0000-000001C577C9 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00007117; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000212; SDB=6.00865574; UDB=6.00429833; IPR=6.00645396; BA=6.00005375; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00015583; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-05-25 22:00:08 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17052522-2214-0000-0000-0000564106AB Message-Id: <1495749601-21574-10-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-05-25_17:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1703280000 definitions=main-1705250401 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Although preemptible RCU allows its read-side critical sections to be preempted, general blocking is forbidden. The reason for this is that excessive preemption times can be handled by CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y, but a voluntarily blocked task doesn't care how high you boost its priority. Because preemptible RCU is a global mechanism, one ill-behaved reader hurts everyone. Hence the prohibition against general blocking in RCU-preempt read-side critical sections. Preemption yes, blocking no. This commit enforces this prohibition. There is a special exception for the -rt patchset (which they kindly volunteered to implement): It is OK to block (as opposed to merely being preempted) within an RCU-preempt read-side critical section, but only if the blocking is subject to priority inheritance. This exception permits CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y to get -rt RCU readers out of trouble. Why doesn't this exception also apply to mainline's rt_mutex? Because of the possibility that someone does general blocking while holding an rt_mutex. Yes, the priority boosting will affect the rt_mutex, but it won't help with the task doing general blocking while holding that rt_mutex. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +- kernel/rcu/tree.h | 2 +- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 5 +++-- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 657056c3e0cd..9ce682242e99 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void rcu_note_context_switch(bool preempt) barrier(); /* Avoid RCU read-side critical sections leaking down. */ trace_rcu_utilization(TPS("Start context switch")); rcu_sched_qs(); - rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(); + rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(preempt); /* Load rcu_urgent_qs before other flags. */ if (!smp_load_acquire(this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks.rcu_urgent_qs))) goto out; diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h index ba38262c3554..0fa7aee9ef55 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(char, rcu_cpu_has_work); /* Forward declarations for rcutree_plugin.h */ static void rcu_bootup_announce(void); -static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(void); +static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(bool preempt); static int rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp(struct rcu_node *rnp); #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU static bool rcu_preempt_has_tasks(struct rcu_node *rnp); diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index c9a48657512a..a421753e8e9c 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -286,12 +286,13 @@ static void rcu_preempt_qs(void) * * Caller must disable interrupts. */ -static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(void) +static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(bool preempt) { struct task_struct *t = current; struct rcu_data *rdp; struct rcu_node *rnp; + WARN_ON_ONCE(!preempt && t->rcu_read_lock_nesting > 0); if (t->rcu_read_lock_nesting > 0 && !t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.blocked) { @@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ static void __init rcu_bootup_announce(void) * Because preemptible RCU does not exist, we never have to check for * CPUs being in quiescent states. */ -static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(void) +static void rcu_preempt_note_context_switch(bool preempt) { } -- 2.5.2