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rcu: Allow for page faults in NMI handlers

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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

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>
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Paul E. McKenney 2017-09-22 14:10:22 -07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent f012cb7594
commit 97535791d8
1 changed files with 12 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -792,8 +792,13 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
long long oldval;
struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_exit() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
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) &&
@ -930,8 +935,13 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
long long oldval;
RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!irqs_disabled(), "rcu_irq_enter() invoked with irqs enabled!!!");
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) &&