From 4569c5ee95d5695bfd794ae968c2d59b3e69129a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 10:35:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rcu/nocb: Add a warning for non-GP kthread running GP code This commit increases RCU's ability to defend itself by emitting a warning if one of the nocb CB kthreads invokes the GP kthread's wait function. This warning augments a similar check that is carried out at the end of rcutorture testing and when RCU CPU stall warnings are emitted. The problem with those checks is that the miscreants have long since departed and disposed of any and all evidence. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h index 4d63ee3de7a9..cb1e8c8befb9 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h @@ -1926,6 +1926,7 @@ static void nocb_gp_wait(struct rcu_data *my_rdp) * nearest grace period (if any) to wait for next. The CB kthreads * and the global grace-period kthread are awakened if needed. */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(my_rdp->nocb_gp_rdp != my_rdp); for (rdp = my_rdp; rdp; rdp = rdp->nocb_next_cb_rdp) { trace_rcu_nocb_wake(rcu_state.name, rdp->cpu, TPS("Check")); rcu_nocb_lock_irqsave(rdp, flags);