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rcu: Avoid losing ->need_future_gp[] values due to GP start/end races

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The rcu_cbs_completed() function provides the value of ->completed
at which new callbacks can safely be invoked.  This is recorded in
two-element ->need_future_gp[] arrays in the rcu_node structure, and
the elements of these arrays corresponding to the just-completed grace
period are zeroed at the end of that grace period.  However, the
rcu_cbs_completed() function can return the current ->completed value
plus either one or two, so it is possible for the corresponding
->need_future_gp[] entry to be cleared just after it was set, thus
losing a request for a future grace period.

This commit avoids this race by expanding ->need_future_gp[] to four
elements.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2018-04-14 10:40:57 -07:00
parent fb31340f8a
commit 51af970d19
1 changed files with 1 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
struct swait_queue_head nocb_gp_wq[2];
/* Place for rcu_nocb_kthread() to wait GP. */
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU */
int need_future_gp[2];
/* Counts of upcoming no-CB GP requests. */
int need_future_gp[4]; /* Counts of upcoming no-CB GP requests. */
raw_spinlock_t fqslock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;
spinlock_t exp_lock ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp;