[PATCH 5.5 037/367] rcu: Use READ_ONCE() for ->expmask in rcu_read_unlock_special()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-02-10T13:08:47Z

From: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

commit c51f83c315c392d9776c33eb16a2fe1349d65c7f upstream.

The rcu_node structure's ->expmask field is updated only when holding the
->lock, but is also accessed locklessly. This means that all ->expmask
updates must use WRITE_ONCE() and all reads carried out without holding
->lock must use READ_ONCE(). This commit therefore changes the lockless
->expmask read in rcu_read_unlock_special() to use READ_ONCE().

Reported-by: syzbot+99f4ddade3c22ab0cf23@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static void rcu_read_unlock_special(stru

t->rcu_read_unlock_special.b.exp_hint = false;
exp = (t->rcu_blocked_node && t->rcu_blocked_node->exp_tasks) ||
- (rdp->grpmask & rnp->expmask) ||
+ (rdp->grpmask & READ_ONCE(rnp->expmask)) ||
tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu);
// Need to defer quiescent state until everything is enabled.
if (irqs_were_disabled && use_softirq &&