rcu: Do a single rhp->func read in rcu_head_after_call_rcu()
authorNeeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:58:03 +0000 (17:28 +0530)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:38:38 +0000 (14:38 -0700)
The rcu_head_after_call_rcu() function reads the rhp->func pointer twice,
which can result in a false-positive WARN_ON_ONCE() if the callback
were passed to call_rcu() between the two reads.  Although racing
rcu_head_after_call_rcu() with call_rcu() is to be a dubious use case
(the return value is not reliable in that case), intermittent and
irreproducible warnings are also quite dubious.  This commit therefore
uses a single READ_ONCE() to pick up the value of rhp->func once, then
tests that value twice, thus guaranteeing consistent processing within
rcu_head_after_call_rcu()().

Neverthless, racing rcu_head_after_call_rcu() with call_rcu() is still
a dubious use case.

Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
[ paulmck: Add blank line after declaration per checkpatch.pl. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
include/linux/rcupdate.h

index 6cdb1db..922bb68 100644 (file)
@@ -878,9 +878,11 @@ static inline void rcu_head_init(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 static inline bool
 rcu_head_after_call_rcu(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t f)
 {
-       if (READ_ONCE(rhp->func) == f)
+       rcu_callback_t func = READ_ONCE(rhp->func);
+
+       if (func == f)
                return true;
-       WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rhp->func) != (rcu_callback_t)~0L);
+       WARN_ON_ONCE(func != (rcu_callback_t)~0L);
        return false;
 }