[PATCH v4 tip/core/rcu 38/38] rcu: Don't acquire lock in NMI handler in rcu_nmi_enter_common()

paulmck
2020-04-15T18:20:56Z

The rcu_nmi_enter_common() function can be invoked both in interrupt
and NMI handlers. If it is invoked from process context (as opposed
to userspace or idle context) on a nohz_full CPU, it might acquire the
CPU's leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock. Because this lock is held only
with interrupts disabled, this is safe from an interrupt handler, but
doing so from an NMI handler can result in self-deadlock.

This commit therefore adds "irq" to the "if" condition so as to only
acquire the ->lock from irq handlers or process context, never from
an NMI handler.

Fixes: 5b14557b073c ("rcu: Avoid tick_dep_set_cpu() misordering")
Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.5.x
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 7dd7a17..573fd78 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_nmi_enter_common(bool irq)
rcu_cleanup_after_idle();

incby = 1;
- } else if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) &&
+ } else if (irq && tick_nohz_full_cpu(rdp->cpu) &&
rdp->dynticks_nmi_nesting == DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE &&
READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_urgent_qs) &&
!READ_ONCE(rdp->rcu_forced_tick)) {
--
2.9.5