linux-stable/kernel
Paul E. McKenney ec2c29765a rcu: Fix grace-period hangs from mid-init task resume
Without special fail-safe quiescent-state-propagation checks, grace-period
hangs can result from the following scenario:

1.	A task running on a given CPU is preempted in its RCU read-side
	critical section.

2.	That CPU goes offline, and there are now no online CPUs
	corresponding to that CPU's leaf rcu_node structure.

3.	The rcu_gp_init() function does the first phase of grace-period
	initialization, and sets the aforementioned leaf rcu_node
	structure's ->qsmaskinit field to all zeroes.  Because there
	is a blocked task, it does not propagate the zeroing of either
	->qsmaskinit or ->qsmaskinitnext up the rcu_node tree.

4.	The task resumes on some other CPU and exits its critical section.
	There is no grace period in progress, so the resulting quiescent
	state is not reported up the tree.

5.	The rcu_gp_init() function does the second phase of grace-period
	initialization, which results in the leaf rcu_node structure
	being initialized to expect no further quiescent states, but
	with that structure's parent expecting a quiescent-state report.

	The parent will never receive a quiescent state from this leaf
	rcu_node structure, so the grace period will hang, resulting in
	RCU CPU stall warnings.

It would be good to get rid of the special fail-safe quiescent-state
propagation checks.  This commit therefore checks the leaf rcu_node
structure's ->wait_blkd_tasks field during grace-period initialization.
If this flag is set, the rcu_report_qs_rnp() is invoked to immediately
report the possible quiescent state.  While in the neighborhood, this
commit also report quiescent states for any CPUs that went offline between
the two phases of grace-period initialization, thus reducing grace-period
delays and hopefully eventually allowing removal of offline-CPU checks
from the force-quiescent-state code path.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2018-07-12 15:39:04 -07:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-06-16 07:39:34 +09:00
cgroup docs: Fix some broken references 2018-06-15 18:10:01 -03:00
configs kconfig: tinyconfig: remove stale stack protector fixups 2018-06-15 07:15:28 +09:00
debug treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
events treewide: kzalloc_node() -> kcalloc_node() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
gcov gcov: remove CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT 2018-06-08 18:56:02 +09:00
irq Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 09:44:53 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Allow to call a custom callback when freeing shadow variables 2018-04-17 13:42:48 +02:00
locking torture: Keep old-school dmesg format 2018-06-25 11:30:10 -07:00
power fix a series of Documentation/ broken file name references 2018-06-15 18:10:01 -03:00
printk Printk changes for 4.18 2018-06-06 16:04:55 -07:00
rcu rcu: Fix grace-period hangs from mid-init task resume 2018-07-12 15:39:04 -07:00
sched sched/core / kcov: avoid kcov_area during task switch 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
time Power management updates for 4.18-rc1 2018-06-05 09:38:39 -07:00
trace docs: Fix some broken references 2018-06-15 18:10:01 -03:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit.c audit: use inline function to get audit context 2018-05-14 17:24:18 -04:00
audit.h audit: track the owner of the command mutex ourselves 2018-02-23 11:22:22 -05:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: add fsnotify_add_inode_mark() wrappers 2018-05-18 14:58:22 +02:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: add fsnotify_add_inode_mark() wrappers 2018-05-18 14:58:22 +02:00
audit_watch.c \n 2018-06-17 05:06:18 +09:00
auditfilter.c audit: use existing session info function 2018-05-18 15:47:54 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: Fix wrong task in comparison of session ID 2018-05-21 14:27:43 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-04 20:27:54 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Fix unused function warning 2018-03-15 20:34:40 +01:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c mm: split page_type out from _mapcount 2018-06-07 17:34:37 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c delayacct: Use raw_spinlocks 2018-04-27 14:34:51 +02:00
dma.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
exit.c kernel: use kernel_wait4() instead of sys_wait4() 2018-04-02 20:14:51 +02:00
extable.c
fail_function.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
fork.c mm: check for SIGKILL inside dup_mmap() loop 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
freezer.c
futex.c
futex_compat.c
groups.c
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: show all hung tasks before panic 2018-06-07 17:34:39 -07:00
iomem.c memremap: split devm_memremap_pages() and memremap() infrastructure 2018-05-15 23:08:33 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c jump_label: Disable jump labels in __exit code 2018-03-20 08:57:17 +01:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c sched/core / kcov: avoid kcov_area during task switch 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
kexec.c kexec: call do_kexec_load() in compat syscall directly 2018-04-02 20:15:01 +02:00
kexec_core.c kexec: yield to scheduler when loading kimage segments 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
kexec_file.c treewide: Use array_size() in vzalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Fix random address output of blacklist file 2018-04-25 10:27:56 -04:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: Allow kthread_park() on a parked kthread 2018-05-25 08:03:51 +02:00
latencytop.c
Makefile Merge branch 'core-rseq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 10:17:09 -07:00
memremap.c mm: introduce MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX and CONFIG_DEV_PAGEMAP_OPS 2018-05-22 06:59:39 -07:00
module-internal.h
module.c Modules updates for v4.18 2018-06-16 07:36:39 +09:00
module_signing.c
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c Kbuild: rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR[_STRONG] config variables 2018-06-14 12:21:18 +09:00
params.c kernel/params.c: downgrade warning for unsafe parameters 2018-04-11 10:28:37 -07:00
pid.c xarray: add the xa_lock to the radix_tree_root 2018-04-11 10:28:39 -07:00
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'userns-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-04-03 19:15:32 -07:00
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c kernel/relay.c: change return type to vm_fault_t 2018-06-15 07:55:24 +09:00
resource.c libnvdimm for 4.18 2018-06-08 17:21:52 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Introduce restartable sequences system call 2018-06-06 11:58:31 +02:00
seccomp.c audit/stable-4.18 PR 20180605 2018-06-06 16:34:00 -07:00
signal.c signal: Remove no longer required irqsave/restore 2018-06-10 06:14:01 +02:00
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-04 19:59:22 -07:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c Linux 4.17-rc5 2018-05-15 08:10:50 +02:00
sys.c mm: introduce arg_lock to protect arg_start|end and env_start|end in mm_struct 2018-06-07 17:34:34 -07:00
sys_ni.c Merge branch 'core-rseq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-06-10 10:17:09 -07:00
sysctl.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c staging: irda: remove remaining remants of irda code removal 2018-04-16 11:26:49 +02:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Keep old-school dmesg format 2018-06-25 11:30:10 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoints: Fix the descriptions of tracepoint_probe_register{_prio} 2018-05-28 12:49:51 -04:00
tsacct.c
ucount.c headers: untangle kmemleak.h from mm.h 2018-04-05 21:36:27 -07:00
uid16.c fs: add do_fchownat(), ksys_fchown() helpers and ksys_{,l}chown() wrappers 2018-04-02 20:15:59 +02:00
uid16.h kernel: provide ksys_*() wrappers for syscalls called by kernel/uid16.c 2018-04-02 20:15:30 +02:00
umh.c umh: fix race condition 2018-06-07 16:56:28 -04:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c efivarfs: Limit the rate for non-root to read files 2018-02-22 10:21:02 -08:00
user_namespace.c treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
utsname.c uts: create "struct uts_namespace" from kmem_cache 2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
watchdog.c
watchdog_hld.c
workqueue.c treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Set worker->desc to workqueue name by default 2018-05-18 08:47:13 -07:00