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From: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
To: paulmck@kernel.org, frederic@kernel.org,
	neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org, joelagnelf@nvidia.com,
	boqun@kernel.org, urezki@gmail.com
Cc: qiang.zhang@linux.dev, leitao@debian.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] srcu: Fix WARN_ON() for timer_delete_sync() in cleanup_srcu_struct()
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:29:51 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811002951.106631-1-qiang.zhang@linux.dev> (raw)

The WARN_ON() for timer_delete_sync() means that the caller forgot
to call srcu_barrier() before cleanup. however, it still can trigger
even when srcu_barrier() was properly called.

When a SRCU grace period ends and find that the allocation of srcu_node
tree has been completed, but the ss_state is still less than SRCU_SIZE_BIG,
the mask=~0 causes delay_work timer be queued on every CPU which has
been online regardless of whether it's sdp->srcu_cblist has callbacks.
the srcu_barrier() only wait srcu_barrier_head's callbacks to complete,
however, the srcu_barrier_head will not be inserted into an empty
sdp->srcu_cblist. after that, when cleanup_srcu_struct() finds a pending
delay_work timer on a CPU with no callbacks, triggering a false positive.

This commit therefore add rcu_segcblist_n_cbs() to WARN_ON(), make the
warning triggers only when the timer is still pending and there are
actual outstanding callbacks.

Fixes: 05c3e88488ed ("srcu: Queue sdp->work when the delay timer is successfully deleted")
Reported-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202608060833.bce92909-lkp@intel.com/
Tested-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
---
 v1->v2:
 Update commit log and modify indentation. 

 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 35fface51d50..be420ecde851 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -753,8 +753,9 @@ void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 
 		// Call srcu_barrier() before this cleanup_srcu_struct()
 		// to avoid triggering this WARN_ON().
-		if (WARN_ON(timer_delete_sync(&sdp->delay_work)) &&
-					rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(sdp->cpu))
+		if (WARN_ON(timer_delete_sync(&sdp->delay_work) &&
+			    rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist)) &&
+		    rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(sdp->cpu))
 			queue_work_on(sdp->cpu, rcu_gp_wq, &sdp->work);
 		flush_work(&sdp->work);
 		if (WARN_ON(rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist)))
-- 
2.48.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-11  0:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-11  0:29 Zqiang [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-08-10 10:55 [PATCH v2] srcu: Fix WARN_ON() for timer_delete_sync() in cleanup_srcu_struct() Zqiang
2026-08-10 14:04 ` Breno Leitao
2026-08-10 23:31   ` Zqiang

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