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2019-02-09Merge branches 'doc.2019.01.26a', 'fixes.2019.01.26a', 'sil.2019.01.26a', ↵Paul E. McKenney
'spdx.2019.02.09a', 'srcu.2019.01.26a' and 'torture.2019.01.26a' into HEAD doc.2019.01.26a: Documentation updates. fixes.2019.01.26a: Miscellaneous fixes. sil.2019.01.26a: Removal of a few more spin_is_locked() instances. spdx.2019.02.09a: Add SPDX identifiers to RCU files srcu.2019.01.26a: SRCU updates. torture.2019.01.26a: Torture-test updates.
2019-02-09locking/locktorture: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/torture: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09torture: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/srcu: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update ,h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcutree: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcutiny: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcu_sync: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcu_segcblist: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcupdate: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09linux/rcu_node_tree: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h SPDX comment format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/update: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/tree: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Update .h file SPDX comment format per Joe Perches. ] Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/tiny: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/sync: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/srcu: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/rcutorture: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/rcu_segcblist: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/rcuperf: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-02-09rcu/rcu.h: Convert to SPDX license identifierPaul E. McKenney
Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier. While in the area, update an email address. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2019-01-25RCU/torture.txt: Remove section MODULE PARAMETERSJunchang Wang
The supported module parameters are detailed in both RCU/torture.txt and admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt, and the latter is actively maintained. So this patch removes section MODULE PARAMETERS in torture.txt and adds a reference to the information in kernel-parameters.txt. Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> [ paulmck: Add search string. ]
2019-01-25MAINTAINERS: Add myself as the maintainer for the nolibc header file(s)Willy Tarreau
I don't expect too many updates there so I should not become a bottleneck, and if I become one, it will mean that someone will be more active than me and will be in a better position than me to take over maintainership. :-) Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25tools headers: Move the nolibc header from rcutorture to tools/include/nolibc/Willy Tarreau
As suggested by Ingo, this header file might benefit other tools than just rcutorture. For now it's quite limited, but is easy to extend, so exposing it into tools/include/nolibc/ will make it much easier to adopt by other tools. The mkinitrd.sh script in rcutorture was updated to use this new location. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcutorture/nolibc: Add a bit of documentation to explain how to use nolibcWilly Tarreau
Ingo rightfully asked for a bit more documentation in the nolibc header, so this patch adds some explanation about its purpose, how it's made, and how to use it. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
2019-01-25rcutorture/nolibc: Fix some poor indentation and alignmentWilly Tarreau
A few macros had their rightmost backslash misaligned, and the pollfd struct definition resisted the previous code reindent. Nothing else changed. Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@gmail.com>
2019-01-25rcutorture/nolibc: Fix the clobbered registers in the MIPS syscall definitionWilly Tarreau
A last-minute checkpatch cleanup caused most of list of clobbered registers to be lost in the MIPS syscall definition. Although this code is not yet used on MIPS, it is nevertheless better to fix it before it does get used. Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcuperf: Stop abusing IS_ENABLED()Paul E. McKenney
The ever-evolving IS_ENABLED() macro is intended for CONFIG_* Kconfig options, but rcuperf currently uses it for the decidedly non-CONFIG_* MODULE macro. In the spirit of not inviting trouble, this commit substitutes tried-and-true #ifdef. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-01-25rcutorture: Add grace period after CPU offlinePaul E. McKenney
Beyond a certain point in the CPU-hotplug offline process, timers get stranded on the outgoing CPU, and won't fire until that CPU comes back online, which might well be never. This commit therefore adds a hook in torture_onoff_init() that is invoked from torture_offline(), which rcutorture uses to occasionally wait for a grace period. This should result in failures for RCU implementations that rely on stranded timers eventually firing in the absence of the CPU coming back online. Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25torture: Explain and simplify odd "for" loop in mkinitrd.shPaul E. McKenney
Why a Bourne-shell "for" loop? And why 192 instances of "a"? This commit adds a shell comment to present the answer to these mysteries. It also uses a series of factor-of-four Bourne-shell assignments to make it easy to see how many instances there are, replacing the earlier wall of 'a' characters. Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> [ paulmck: Fix wrong-variable bugs noted by Andrea Parri. ]
2019-01-25rcutorture: Record grace periods in forward-progress histogramPaul E. McKenney
This commit records grace periods in rcutorture's n_launders_hist[] histogram, thus allowing rcu_torture_fwd_cb_hist() to print out the elapsed number of grace periods between buckets. This information helps to determine whether a lack of forward progress is due to stalled grace periods on the one hand or due to sluggish callback invocation on the other. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25srcu: Remove srcu_queue_delayed_work_on()Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
srcu_queue_delayed_work_on() disables preemption (and therefore CPU hotplug in RCU's case) and then checks based on its own accounting if a CPU is online. If the CPU is online it uses queue_delayed_work_on() otherwise it fallbacks to queue_delayed_work(). The problem here is that queue_work() on -RT does not work with disabled preemption. queue_work_on() works also on an offlined CPU. queue_delayed_work_on() has the problem that it is possible to program a timer on an offlined CPU. This timer will fire once the CPU is online again. But until then, the timer remains programmed and nothing will happen. Add a local timer which will fire (as requested per delay) on the local CPU and then enqueue the work on the specific CPU. RCUtorture testing with SRCU-P for 24h showed no problems. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25srcu: Check for invalid idx argument in srcu_read_unlock()Paul E. McKenney
The current SRCU implementation has an idx argument of zero or one, and never anything else. This commit therefore adds a WARN_ON_ONCE() to complain if this restriction is violated. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25virt/kvm: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdepPaul E. McKenney
lockdep_assert_held() is better suited to checking locking requirements, since it only checks if the current thread holds the lock regardless of whether someone else does. This is also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com> Cc: <kvm@vger.kernel.org> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2019-01-25include/asm-generic: Remove spin_is_locked() commentPaul E. McKenney
The WARN_ON_SMP() comment header suggests using spin_is_locked() to check for locks being held. But these days we prefer lockdep_assert_held(), so this commit removes that suggestion. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
2019-01-25rcu: Add sparse check to rcu_assign_pointer()Joel Fernandes (Google)
The rcu_assign_pointer() function currently doesn't do any sparse checking on the assigned-to pointer. So its possible that a pointer that is not __rcu annotated is assigned with rcu_assign_pointer without sparse complaints. Because rcu_dereference() already does such checking, this commit makes rcu_assign_pointer() to do the same. The extra error could be helpful in cases where an RCU pointer is assigned with rcu_assign_pointer() but not annotated with __rcu. This doesn't generate any code in the normal case because __CHECKER__ is defined only in the context of sparse. This commit also renames rcu_dereference_sparse() to rcu_check_parse() since the checking now happens not only during derereferencing but also during assignment. Test: Introduced an rcu_assign_pointer in code and checked the output of sparse with and without this change. The change correctly causes sparse to throw an error. Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Fix obsolete DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE commentPaul E. McKenney
This commit updates the DYNTICK_IRQ_NONIDLE header comment to remove the obsolete commentary about unmatched rcu_irq_{enter,exit}(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Repair rcu_nmi_exit() docbook headerPaul E. McKenney
This commit removes the "@irq" argument from the rcu_nmi_exit() docbook header, given that this function now has no arguments. Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Remove preemption disabling from expedited CPU selectionPaul E. McKenney
It turns out that it is queue_delayed_work_on() rather than queue_work_on() that has difficulties when used concurrently with CPU-hotplug removal operations. It is therefore unnecessary to protect CPU identification and queue_work_on() with preempt_disable(). This commit therefore removes the preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() from sync_rcu_exp_select_cpus(), which has the further benefit of reducing the number of changes that must be maintained in the -rt patchset. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reported-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Rename rcu_process_callbacks() to rcu_core() for Tree RCUPaul E. McKenney
Although the name rcu_process_callbacks() still makes sense for Tiny RCU, where most of what it does is invoke callbacks, it no longer makes much sense for Tree RCU, especially given that the actually callback invocation is relegated to rcu_do_batch(), or, for no-CBs CPUs, to the rcuo kthreads. Especially in the latter case, rcu_process_callbacks() has very little to do with actual callbacks. A better description of this function is that it performs RCU's core processing. This commit therefore changes the name of Tree RCU's rcu_process_callbacks() function to rcu_core(), which also has the virtue of being consistent with the existing invoke_rcu_core() function. While in the area, the header comment is reworked. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Rename rcu_check_callbacks() to rcu_sched_clock_irq()Paul E. McKenney
The name rcu_check_callbacks() arguably made sense back in the early 2000s when RCU was quite a bit simpler than it is today, but it has become quite misleading, especially with the advent of dyntick-idle and NO_HZ_FULL. The rcu_check_callbacks() function is RCU's hook into the scheduling-clock interrupt, and is now but one of many ways that callbacks get promoted to invocable state. This commit therefore changes the name to rcu_sched_clock_irq(), which is the same number of characters and clearly indicates this function's relation to the rest of the Linux kernel. In addition, for the sake of consistency, rcu_flavor_check_callbacks() is also renamed to rcu_flavor_sched_clock_irq(). While in the area, the header comments for both functions are reworked. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Docbook for rcu_head_init() and rcu_head_after_call_rcu()Paul E. McKenney
This commit adds the missing asterisks required to make Sphinx pick up the current header comments for these two functions. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25doc: Fix outdated linksJunchang Wang
Fix outdated links in whatisRCU.txt. Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25doc: CPU-hotplug notifiers cannot invoke synchronize_srcu() or srcu_barrier()Paul E. McKenney
SRCU's synchronize_srcu() may not be invoked from CPU-hotplug notifiers, due to the fact that SRCU grace periods make use of timers and the possibility of timers being temporarily stranded on the outgoing CPU. This stranding of timers means that timers posted to the outgoing CPU will not fire until late in the CPU-hotplug process. The problem is that if a notifier is waiting on an SRCU grace period, that grace period is waiting on a timer, and that timer is stranded on the outgoing CPU, then the notifier will never be awakened, in other words, deadlock has occurred. This same situation of course also prohibits srcu_barrier() from being invoked from CPU-hotplug notifiers. This commit therefore updates the requirements to include this restriction. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25doc: Now jiffies_till_sched_qs solicits help from cond_resched()Paul E. McKenney
The rcutree.jiffies_till_sched_qs kernel boot parameter used to solicit help only from rcu_note_context_switch(), but now also solicits help from cond_resched(). This commit therefore updates kernel-parameters.txt accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25Merge branches 'consolidate.2019.01.26a' and 'fwd.2019.01.26a' into HEADPaul E. McKenney
consolidate.2019.01.26a: RCU flavor consolidation cleanups. fwd.2019.01.26a: RCU grace-period forward-progress fixes.
2019-01-25rcu: Prevent needless ->gp_seq_needed update in __note_gp_changes()Zhang, Jun
Currently, __note_gp_changes() checks to see if the rcu_node structure's ->gp_seq_needed is greater than or equal to that of the rcu_data structure, and if so, updates the rcu_data structure's ->gp_seq_needed field. This results in a useless store in the case where the two fields are equal. This commit therefore carries out this store only in the case where the rcu_node structure's ->gp_seq_needed is strictly greater than that of the rcu_data structure. Signed-off-by: "Zhang, Jun" <jun.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/88DC34334CA3444C85D647DBFA962C2735AD5F77@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com
2019-01-25rcu: Do RCU GP kthread self-wakeup from softirq and interruptZhang, Jun
The rcu_gp_kthread_wake() function is invoked when it might be necessary to wake the RCU grace-period kthread. Because self-wakeups are normally a useless waste of CPU cycles, if rcu_gp_kthread_wake() is invoked from this kthread, it naturally refuses to do the wakeup. Unfortunately, natural though it might be, this heuristic fails when rcu_gp_kthread_wake() is invoked from an interrupt or softirq handler that interrupted the grace-period kthread just after the final check of the wait-event condition but just before the schedule() call. In this case, a wakeup is required, even though the call to rcu_gp_kthread_wake() is within the RCU grace-period kthread's context. Failing to provide this wakeup can result in grace periods failing to start, which in turn results in out-of-memory conditions. This race window is quite narrow, but it actually did happen during real testing. It would of course need to be fixed even if it was strictly theoretical in nature. This patch does not Cc stable because it does not apply cleanly to earlier kernel versions. Fixes: 48a7639ce80c ("rcu: Make callers awaken grace-period kthread") Reported-by: "He, Bo" <bo.he@intel.com> Co-developed-by: "Zhang, Jun" <jun.zhang@intel.com> Co-developed-by: "He, Bo" <bo.he@intel.com> Co-developed-by: "xiao, jin" <jin.xiao@intel.com> Co-developed-by: Bai, Jie A <jie.a.bai@intel.com> Signed-off: "Zhang, Jun" <jun.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off: "He, Bo" <bo.he@intel.com> Signed-off: "xiao, jin" <jin.xiao@intel.com> Signed-off: Bai, Jie A <jie.a.bai@intel.com> Signed-off-by: "Zhang, Jun" <jun.zhang@intel.com> [ paulmck: Switch from !in_softirq() to "!in_interrupt() && !in_serving_softirq() to avoid redundant wakeups and to also handle the interrupt-handler scenario as well as the softirq-handler scenario that actually occurred in testing. ] Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CD6925E8781EFD4D8E11882D20FC406D52A11F61@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com
2019-01-25rcu: Add sysrq rcu_node-dump capabilityPaul E. McKenney
Life is hard if RCU manages to get stuck without triggering RCU CPU stall warnings or triggering the rcu_check_gp_start_stall() checks for failing to start a grace period. This commit therefore adds a boot-time-selectable sysrq key (commandeering "y") that allows manually dumping Tree RCU state. The new rcutree.sysrq_rcu kernel boot parameter must be set for this sysrq to be available. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Protect rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation() access to ->gp_flagsPaul E. McKenney
The rcu_check_gp_kthread_starvation() function can be invoked without holding locks, so the access to the rcu_state structure's ->gp_flags field must be protected with READ_ONCE(). This commit therefore adds this protection. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
2019-01-25rcu: Improve diagnostics for failed RCU grace-period startPaul E. McKenney
If a grace period fails to start (for example, because you commented out the last two lines of rcu_accelerate_cbs_unlocked()), rcu_core() will invoke rcu_check_gp_start_stall(), which will notice and complain. However, this complaint is lacking crucial debugging information such as when the last wakeup executed and what the value of ->gp_seq was at that time. This commit therefore removes the current pr_alert() from rcu_check_gp_start_stall(), instead invoking show_rcu_gp_kthreads(), which has been updated to print the needed information, which is collected by rcu_gp_kthread_wake(). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>