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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-09-22 14:10:22 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-10-18 09:20:41 +0200
commit5fd45516595ac995b859ab817031bb004542d446 (patch)
tree2726a4c4aabd18dbe71c4ec0c34b81ed4da1cec1 /kernel
parent45bd4e40804009d0f312ce8640d1f6a1aa306aa4 (diff)
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rcu: Allow for page faults in NMI handlers
commit 28585a832602747cbfa88ad8934013177a3aae38 upstream. A number of architecture invoke rcu_irq_enter() on exception entry in order to allow RCU read-side critical sections in the exception handler when the exception is from an idle or nohz_full CPU. This works, at least unless the exception happens in an NMI handler. In that case, rcu_nmi_enter() would already have exited the extended quiescent state, which would mean that rcu_irq_enter() would (incorrectly) cause RCU to think that it is again in an extended quiescent state. This will in turn result in lockdep splats in response to later RCU read-side critical sections. This commit therefore causes rcu_irq_enter() and rcu_irq_exit() to take no action if there is an rcu_nmi_enter() in effect, thus avoiding the unscheduled return to RCU quiescent state. This in turn should make the kernel safe for on-demand RCU voyeurism. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170922211022.GA18084@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 0be964be0 ("module: Sanitize RCU usage and locking") Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index f07343b54fe5..8a62cbfe1f2f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -759,6 +759,12 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
local_irq_save(flags);
rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
+
+ /* Page faults can happen in NMI handlers, so check... */
+ if (READ_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting))
+ return;
+
+ RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_exit() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
rdtp->dynticks_nesting--;
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
@@ -887,6 +893,12 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
local_irq_save(flags);
rdtp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_dynticks);
+
+ /* Page faults can happen in NMI handlers, so check... */
+ if (READ_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nmi_nesting))
+ return;
+
+ RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_enter() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
rdtp->dynticks_nesting++;
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&