[PATCH rcu 8/9] rcu: Eliminate lockless accesses to rcu_sync->gp_count

Paul E. McKenney
2024-06-04T22:23:57Z

From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

The rcu_sync structure's ->gp_count field is always accessed under the
protection of that same structure's ->rss_lock field, with the exception
of a pair of WARN_ON_ONCE() calls just prior to acquiring that lock in
functions rcu_sync_exit() and rcu_sync_dtor(). These lockless accesses
are unnecessary and impair KCSAN's ability to catch bugs that might be
inserted via other lockless accesses.

This commit therefore moves those WARN_ON_ONCE() calls under the lock.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
kernel/rcu/sync.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/sync.c b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
index 6c2bd9001adcd..da60a9947c005 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/sync.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/sync.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
* we are called at early boot time but this shouldn't happen.
*/
}
- WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_count, rsp->gp_count + 1);
+ rsp->gp_count++;
spin_unlock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);

if (gp_state == GP_IDLE) {
@@ -151,15 +151,11 @@ void rcu_sync_enter(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
*/
void rcu_sync_exit(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
{
- int gpc;
-
WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rsp->gp_state) == GP_IDLE);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rsp->gp_count) == 0);

spin_lock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);
- gpc = rsp->gp_count - 1;
- WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_count, gpc);
- if (!gpc) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rsp->gp_count == 0);
+ if (!--rsp->gp_count) {
if (rsp->gp_state == GP_PASSED) {
WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_state, GP_EXIT);
rcu_sync_call(rsp);
@@ -178,10 +174,10 @@ void rcu_sync_dtor(struct rcu_sync *rsp)
{
int gp_state;

- WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rsp->gp_count));
WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rsp->gp_state) == GP_PASSED);

spin_lock_irq(&rsp->rss_lock);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(rsp->gp_count);
if (rsp->gp_state == GP_REPLAY)
WRITE_ONCE(rsp->gp_state, GP_EXIT);
gp_state = rsp->gp_state;
--
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