From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] seqlock, procfs: Match scoped_seqlock_read() critical section vs. RCU ordering in do_task_stat() to do_io_accounting()
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 10:21:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aS6vpLzte-9LqwYQ@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aS6rwnaPbHFCdHp1@gmail.com>
On 12/02, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/02, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > RCU read-lock should not nest inside a read-seqlock
> > > irqsave ->stats_lock IRQs-off critical section,
> >
> > Hmm... I agree with this patch, but is it actually wrong?
> >
> > I thought that rcu_read_lock/unlock is safe under spin_lock_irq...
>
> Yeah, true - it's allowed and not a bug,
OK, thanks ;)
> merely
> discouraged inside irqs-off sections if it can be
> avoided, and it's an inconsistency versus
> do_io_accounting().
Yes, yes, agreed
> How about the -v2 phrasing below? I also removed the
> Fixes tags.
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-02 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-02 4:09 [PATCH] seqlock, procfs: Fix scoped_seqlock_read() critical section in do_task_stat() Ingo Molnar
2025-12-02 7:29 ` Oleg Nesterov
2025-12-02 9:05 ` [PATCH -v2] seqlock, procfs: Match scoped_seqlock_read() critical section vs. RCU ordering in do_task_stat() to do_io_accounting() Ingo Molnar
2025-12-02 9:21 ` Oleg Nesterov [this message]
2025-12-02 10:18 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-12-02 10:23 ` [tip: locking/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
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