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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> | 2012-05-28 19:21:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2012-07-02 12:34:03 -0700 |
| commit | c6ebcbb60c8c68a88160fe54302e851700d1362c (patch) | |
| tree | d95b0c10d7107d3d34a108aa75222820157fd599 /kernel/rcutorture.c | |
| parent | e3f8d3788ed7cf55946030dc9b76e73edb111602 (diff) | |
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rcu: Fix bug in rcu_barrier() torture test
The child threads in the rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() are improperly
synchronized, which can cause the rcu_barrier() tests to hang. The
failure mode is as follows:
1. CPU 0 running in rcu_torture_barrier() sets barrier_cbs_count
to n_barrier_cbs.
2. CPU 1 running in rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() wakes up, posts
its RCU callback, and atomically decrements barrier_cbs_count.
Because barrier_cbs_count is not zero, it does not do the wake_up().
3. CPU 2 running in rcu_torture_barrier_cbs() wakes up, but
finds that barrier_cbs_count is not equal to n_barrier_cbs,
and so returns to sleep.
4. The value of barrier_cbs_count therefore never reaches zero,
which causes the test to hang.
This commit therefore uses a phase variable to coordinate the test,
preventing this scenario from occurring.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcutorture.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/rcutorture.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c index 7b6935e0cee3..f7fe73e59c9f 100644 --- a/kernel/rcutorture.c +++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c @@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ static unsigned long boost_starttime; /* jiffies of next boost test start. */ DEFINE_MUTEX(boost_mutex); /* protect setting boost_starttime */ /* and boost task create/destroy. */ static atomic_t barrier_cbs_count; /* Barrier callbacks registered. */ +static bool barrier_phase; /* Test phase. */ static atomic_t barrier_cbs_invoked; /* Barrier callbacks invoked. */ static wait_queue_head_t *barrier_cbs_wq; /* Coordinate barrier testing. */ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(barrier_wq); @@ -1642,6 +1643,7 @@ void rcu_torture_barrier_cbf(struct rcu_head *rcu) static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg) { long myid = (long)arg; + bool lastphase = 0; struct rcu_head rcu; init_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu); @@ -1649,9 +1651,11 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg) set_user_nice(current, 19); do { wait_event(barrier_cbs_wq[myid], - atomic_read(&barrier_cbs_count) == n_barrier_cbs || + barrier_phase != lastphase || kthread_should_stop() || fullstop != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP); + lastphase = barrier_phase; + smp_mb(); /* ensure barrier_phase load before ->call(). */ if (kthread_should_stop() || fullstop != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP) break; cur_ops->call(&rcu, rcu_torture_barrier_cbf); @@ -1676,7 +1680,8 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier(void *arg) do { atomic_set(&barrier_cbs_invoked, 0); atomic_set(&barrier_cbs_count, n_barrier_cbs); - /* wake_up() path contains the required barriers. */ + smp_mb(); /* Ensure barrier_phase after prior assignments. */ + barrier_phase = !barrier_phase; for (i = 0; i < n_barrier_cbs; i++) wake_up(&barrier_cbs_wq[i]); wait_event(barrier_wq, |