From c21357e4461f3f9c8ff93302906b5372411ee108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 01:29:03 +0200 Subject: srcu: Explain why callbacks invocations can't run concurrently If an SRCU barrier is queued while callbacks are running and a new callbacks invocator for the same sdp were to run concurrently, the RCU barrier might execute too early. As this requirement is non-obvious, make sure to keep a record. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) --- kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/rcu/srcutree.c') diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index 2bfc8ed1eed2..0351a4e83529 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -1715,6 +1715,11 @@ static void srcu_invoke_callbacks(struct work_struct *work) WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_segcblist_segempty(&sdp->srcu_cblist, RCU_NEXT_TAIL)); rcu_segcblist_advance(&sdp->srcu_cblist, rcu_seq_current(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_gp_seq)); + /* + * Although this function is theoretically re-entrant, concurrent + * callbacks invocation is disallowed to avoid executing an SRCU barrier + * too early. + */ if (sdp->srcu_cblist_invoking || !rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist)) { spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(sdp); @@ -1745,6 +1750,7 @@ static void srcu_invoke_callbacks(struct work_struct *work) sdp->srcu_cblist_invoking = false; more = rcu_segcblist_ready_cbs(&sdp->srcu_cblist); spin_unlock_irq_rcu_node(sdp); + /* An SRCU barrier or callbacks from previous nesting work pending */ if (more) srcu_schedule_cbs_sdp(sdp, 0); } -- cgit