History log of /linux-master/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# 2cbc482d 04-Aug-2023 Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>

rcu: Dump memory object info if callback function is invalid

When a structure containing an RCU callback rhp is (incorrectly) freed
and reallocated after rhp is passed to call_rcu(), it is not unusual for
rhp->func to be set to NULL. This defeats the debugging prints used by
__call_rcu_common() in kernels built with CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y,
which expect to identify the offending code using the identity of this
function.

And in kernels build without CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD=y, things
are even worse, as can be seen from this splat:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0
... ...
PC is at 0x0
LR is at rcu_do_batch+0x1c0/0x3b8
... ...
(rcu_do_batch) from (rcu_core+0x1d4/0x284)
(rcu_core) from (__do_softirq+0x24c/0x344)
(__do_softirq) from (__irq_exit_rcu+0x64/0x108)
(__irq_exit_rcu) from (irq_exit+0x8/0x10)
(irq_exit) from (__handle_domain_irq+0x74/0x9c)
(__handle_domain_irq) from (gic_handle_irq+0x8c/0x98)
(gic_handle_irq) from (__irq_svc+0x5c/0x94)
(__irq_svc) from (arch_cpu_idle+0x20/0x3c)
(arch_cpu_idle) from (default_idle_call+0x4c/0x78)
(default_idle_call) from (do_idle+0xf8/0x150)
(do_idle) from (cpu_startup_entry+0x18/0x20)
(cpu_startup_entry) from (0xc01530)

This commit therefore adds calls to mem_dump_obj(rhp) to output some
information, for example:

slab kmalloc-256 start ffff410c45019900 pointer offset 0 size 256

This provides the rough size of the memory block and the offset of the
rcu_head structure, which as least provides at least a few clues to help
locate the problem. If the problem is reproducible, additional slab
debugging can be enabled, for example, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y, which can
provide significantly more information.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>


# f0f44752 12-Jan-2023 Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>

rcu: Annotate SRCU's update-side lockdep dependencies

Although all flavors of RCU readers are annotated correctly with
lockdep as recursive read locks, they do not set the lock_acquire
'check' parameter. This means that RCU read locks are not added to
the lockdep dependency graph, which in turn means that lockdep cannot
detect RCU-based deadlocks. This is not a problem for RCU flavors having
atomic read-side critical sections because context-based annotations can
catch these deadlocks, see for example the RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() statement
in synchronize_rcu(). But context-based annotations are not helpful
for sleepable RCU, especially given that it is perfectly legal to do
synchronize_srcu(&srcu1) within an srcu_read_lock(&srcu2).

However, we can detect SRCU-based by: (1) Making srcu_read_lock() a
'check'ed recursive read lock and (2) Making synchronize_srcu() a empty
write lock critical section. Even better, with the newly introduced
lock_sync(), we can avoid false positives about irq-unsafe/safe.
This commit therefore makes it so.

Note that NMI-safe SRCU read side critical sections are currently not
annotated, but might be annotated in the future.

Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
[ boqun: Add comments for annotation per Waiman's suggestion ]
[ boqun: Fix comment warning reported by Stephen Rothwell ]
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>


# 51f5f78a 09-Nov-2022 Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>

srcu: Make Tiny synchronize_srcu() check for readers

This commit adds lockdep checks for illegal use of synchronize_srcu()
within same-type SRCU read-side critical sections and within normal
RCU read-side critical sections. It also makes synchronize_srcu()
be a no-op during early boot.

These changes bring Tiny synchronize_srcu() into line with both Tree
synchronize_srcu() and Tiny synchronize_rcu().

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang1.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Tested-by: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>


# 5fe89191 02-Aug-2022 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Make Tiny SRCU use full-sized grace-period counters

This commit makes Tiny SRCU use full-sized grace-period counters to
further avoid counter-wrap issues when using polled grace-period APIs.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# de3f2671 02-Aug-2022 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Make Tiny SRCU poll_state_synchronize_srcu() more precise

This commit applies the more-precise grace-period-state check used by
rcu_seq_done_exact() to poll_state_synchronize_srcu(). This is important
because Tiny SRCU uses a 16-bit counter, which can wrap quite quickly.
If counter wrap continues to be a problem, then expanding ->srcu_idx
and ->srcu_idx_max to 32 bits might be warranted.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 1f8da406 23-Sep-2021 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Prevent redundant __srcu_read_unlock() wakeup

Tiny SRCU readers can appear at task level, but also in interrupt and
softirq handlers. Because Tiny SRCU is selected only in kernels built
with CONFIG_SMP=n and CONFIG_PREEMPTION=n, it is not possible for a grace
period to start while there is a non-task-level SRCU reader executing.
This means that it does not make sense for __srcu_read_unlock() to awaken
the Tiny SRCU grace period, because that can only happen when the grace
period is waiting for one value of ->srcu_idx and __srcu_read_unlock()
is ending the last reader for some other value of ->srcu_idx. After all,
any such wakeup will be redundant.

Worse yet, in some cases, such wakeups generate lockdep splats:

======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.15.0-rc1+ #3758 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
rcu_torture_rea/53 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff9514e6a8 (srcu_ctl.srcu_wq.lock){..-.}-{2:2}, at:
xa/0x30

but task is already holding lock:
ffff95c642479d80 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at:
_extend+0x370/0x400

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50
try_to_wake_up+0x50/0x580
swake_up_locked.part.7+0xe/0x30
swake_up_one+0x22/0x30
rcutorture_one_extend+0x1b6/0x400
rcu_torture_one_read+0x290/0x5d0
rcu_torture_timer+0x1a/0x70
call_timer_fn+0xa6/0x230
run_timer_softirq+0x493/0x4c0
__do_softirq+0xc0/0x371
irq_exit+0x73/0x90
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x63/0x80
asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20
default_idle+0xb/0x10
default_idle_call+0x5e/0x170
do_idle+0x18a/0x1f0
cpu_startup_entry+0xa/0x10
start_kernel+0x678/0x69f
secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xc2/0xcb

-> #0 (srcu_ctl.srcu_wq.lock){..-.}-{2:2}:
__lock_acquire+0x130c/0x2440
lock_acquire+0xc2/0x270
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50
swake_up_one+0xa/0x30
rcutorture_one_extend+0x387/0x400
rcu_torture_one_read+0x290/0x5d0
rcu_torture_reader+0xac/0x200
kthread+0x12d/0x150
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

other info that might help us debug this:

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&p->pi_lock);
lock(srcu_ctl.srcu_wq.lock);
lock(&p->pi_lock);
lock(srcu_ctl.srcu_wq.lock);

*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by rcu_torture_rea/53:
#0: ffff95c642479d80 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at:
_extend+0x370/0x400

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 53 Comm: rcu_torture_rea Not tainted 5.15.0-rc1+

Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL-AV, BIOS
e_el8.5.0+746+bbd5d70c 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
check_noncircular+0xfe/0x110
? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90
__lock_acquire+0x130c/0x2440
lock_acquire+0xc2/0x270
? swake_up_one+0xa/0x30
? find_held_lock+0x72/0x90
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2f/0x50
? swake_up_one+0xa/0x30
swake_up_one+0xa/0x30
rcutorture_one_extend+0x387/0x400
rcu_torture_one_read+0x290/0x5d0
rcu_torture_reader+0xac/0x200
? rcutorture_oom_notify+0xf0/0xf0
? __kthread_parkme+0x61/0x90
? rcu_torture_one_read+0x5d0/0x5d0
kthread+0x12d/0x150
? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

This is a false positive because there is only one CPU, and both locks
are raw (non-preemptible) spinlocks. However, it is worthwhile getting
rid of the redundant wakeup, which has the side effect of breaking
the theoretical deadlock cycle. This commit therefore eliminates the
redundant wakeups.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 65bfdd36 02-Jun-2021 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcutiny: Mark read-side data races

This commit marks some interrupt-induced read-side data races in
__srcu_read_lock(), __srcu_read_unlock(), and srcu_torture_stats_print().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 8b5bd67c 13-Nov-2020 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Provide polling interfaces for Tiny SRCU grace periods

There is a need for a polling interface for SRCU grace
periods, so this commit supplies get_state_synchronize_srcu(),
start_poll_synchronize_srcu(), and poll_state_synchronize_srcu() for this
purpose. The first can be used if future grace periods are inevitable
(perhaps due to a later call_srcu() invocation), the second if future
grace periods might not otherwise happen, and the third to check if a
grace period has elapsed since the corresponding call to either of the
first two.

As with get_state_synchronize_rcu() and cond_synchronize_rcu(),
the return value from either get_state_synchronize_srcu() or
start_poll_synchronize_srcu() must be passed in to a later call to
poll_state_synchronize_srcu().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/20201112201547.GF3365678@moria.home.lan/
Reported-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
[ paulmck: Add EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() per kernel test robot feedback. ]
[ paulmck: Apply feedback from Neeraj Upadhyay. ]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201117004017.GA7444@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72/
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 1a893c71 13-Nov-2020 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Provide internal interface to start a Tiny SRCU grace period

There is a need for a polling interface for SRCU grace periods.
This polling needs to initiate an SRCU grace period without
having to queue (and manage) a callback. This commit therefore
splits the Tiny SRCU call_srcu() function into callback-queuing and
start-grace-period portions, with the latter in a new function named
srcu_gp_start_if_needed().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/20201112201547.GF3365678@moria.home.lan/
Reported-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 74612a07 12-Nov-2020 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Make Tiny SRCU use multi-bit grace-period counter

There is a need for a polling interface for SRCU grace periods. This
polling needs to distinguish between an SRCU instance being idle on the
one hand or in the middle of a grace period on the other. This commit
therefore converts the Tiny SRCU srcu_struct structure's srcu_idx from
a defacto boolean to a free-running counter, using the bottom bit to
indicate that a grace period is in progress. The second-from-bottom
bit is thus used as the index returned by srcu_read_lock().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rcu/20201112201547.GF3365678@moria.home.lan/
Reported-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
[ paulmck: Fix ->srcu_lock_nesting[] indexing per Neeraj Upadhyay. ]
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# 90326f05 15-Oct-2019 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

rcu: Use CONFIG_PREEMPTION where appropriate

The config option `CONFIG_PREEMPT' is used for the preemption model
"Low-Latency Desktop". The config option `CONFIG_PREEMPTION' is enabled
when kernel preemption is enabled which is true for the preemption model
`CONFIG_PREEMPT' and `CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT'.

Use `CONFIG_PREEMPTION' if it applies to both preemption models and not
just to `CONFIG_PREEMPT'.

Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: rcu@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>


# f5ad3991 13-Feb-2019 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Remove cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()

The cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced() function was added because NVME
used WQ_MEM_RECLAIM workqueues and SRCU did not, which meant that
NVME workqueues waiting on SRCU workqueues could result in deadlocks
during low-memory conditions. However, SRCU now also has WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
workqueues, so there is no longer a potential for deadlock. Furthermore,
it turns out to be extremely hard to use cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()
correctly due to the fact that SRCU callback invocation accesses the
srcu_struct structure's per-CPU data area just after callbacks are
invoked. Therefore, the usual practice of using srcu_barrier() to wait
for callbacks to be invoked before invoking cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()
fails because SRCU's callback-invocation workqueue handler might be
delayed, which can result in cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced() being invoked
(and thus freeing the per-CPU data) before the SRCU's callback-invocation
workqueue handler is finished using that per-CPU data. Nor is this a
theoretical problem: KASAN emitted use-after-free warnings because of
this problem on actual runs.

In short, NVME can now safely invoke cleanup_srcu_struct(), which
avoids the use-after-free scenario. And cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()
is quite difficult to use safely. This commit therefore removes
cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced(), switching its sole user back to
cleanup_srcu_struct(). This effectively reverts the following pair
of commits:

f7194ac32ca2 ("srcu: Add cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()")
4317228ad9b8 ("nvme: Avoid flush dependency in delete controller flow")

Reported-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Tested-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>


# e7ee1501 17-Jan-2019 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

rcu/srcu: Convert to SPDX license identifier

Replace the license boiler plate with a SPDX license identifier.
While in the area, update an email address.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>


# aacb5d91 28-Oct-2018 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Use "ssp" instead of "sp" for srcu_struct pointer

In RCU, the distinction between "rsp", "rnp", and "rdp" has served well
for a great many years, but in SRCU, "sp" vs. "sdp" has proven confusing.
This commit therefore renames SRCU's "sp" pointers to "ssp", so that there
is "ssp" for srcu_struct pointer, "snp" for srcu_node pointer, and "sdp"
for srcu_data pointer.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>


# 4e6ea4ef 14-Aug-2018 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Make early-boot call_srcu() reuse workqueue lists

Allocating a list_head structure that is almost never used, and, when
used, is used only during early boot (rcu_init() and earlier), is a bit
wasteful. This commit therefore eliminates that list_head in favor of
the one in the work_struct structure. This is safe because the work_struct
structure cannot be used until after rcu_init() returns.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>


# e0fcba9a 14-Aug-2018 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Make call_srcu() available during very early boot

Event tracing is moving to SRCU in order to take advantage of the fact
that SRCU may be safely used from idle and even offline CPUs. However,
event tracing can invoke call_srcu() very early in the boot process,
even before workqueue_init_early() is invoked (let alone rcu_init()).
Therefore, call_srcu()'s attempts to queue work fail miserably.

This commit therefore detects this situation, and refrains from attempting
to queue work before rcu_init() time, but does everything else that it
would have done, and in addition, adds the srcu_struct to a global list.
The rcu_init() function now invokes a new srcu_init() function, which
is empty if CONFIG_SRCU=n. Otherwise, srcu_init() queues work for
each srcu_struct on the list. This all happens early enough in boot
that there is but a single CPU with interrupts disabled, which allows
synchronization to be dispensed with.

Of course, the queued work won't actually be invoked until after
workqueue_init() is invoked, which happens shortly after the scheduler
is up and running. This means that although call_srcu() may be invoked
any time after per-CPU variables have been set up, there is still a very
narrow window when synchronize_srcu() won't work, and this window
extends from the time that the scheduler starts until the time that
workqueue_init() returns. This can be fixed in a manner similar to
the fix for synchronize_rcu_expedited() and friends, but until someone
actually needs to use synchronize_srcu() during this window, this fix
is added churn for no benefit.

Finally, note that Tree SRCU's new srcu_init() function invokes
queue_work() rather than the queue_delayed_work() function that is
invoked post-boot. The reason is that queue_delayed_work() will (as you
would expect) post a timer, and timers have not yet been initialized.
So use of queue_work() avoids the complaints about use of uninitialized
spinlocks that would otherwise result. Besides, some delay is already
provide by the aforementioned fact that the queued work won't actually
be invoked until after the scheduler is up and running.

Requested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>


# b3dae109 12-Jun-2018 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

sched/swait: Rename to exclusive

Since swait basically implemented exclusive waits only, make sure
the API reflects that.

$ git grep -l -e "\<swake_up\>"
-e "\<swait_event[^ (]*"
-e "\<prepare_to_swait\>" | while read file;
do
sed -i -e 's/\<swake_up\>/&_one/g'
-e 's/\<swait_event[^ (]*/&_exclusive/g'
-e 's/\<prepare_to_swait\>/&_exclusive/g' $file;
done

With a few manual touch-ups.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: bigeasy@linutronix.de
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180612083909.261946548@infradead.org


# f7194ac3 05-Apr-2018 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Add cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced()

The current cleanup_srcu_struct() flushes work, which prevents it
from being invoked from some workqueue contexts, as well as from
atomic (non-blocking) contexts. This patch therefore introduced a
cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced(), which can be invoked only after all
activity on the specified srcu_struct has completed. This restriction
allows cleanup_srcu_struct_quiesced() to be invoked from workqueue
contexts as well as from atomic contexts.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Nitzan Carmi <nitzanc@mellanox.com>
Tested-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>


# 825c5bd2 26-May-2017 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Move rcu_scheduler_starting() from Tiny RCU to Tiny SRCU

Other than lockdep support, Tiny RCU has no need for the
scheduler status. However, Tiny SRCU will need this to control
boot-time behavior independent of lockdep. Therefore, this commit
moves rcu_scheduler_starting() from kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h to
kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c. This in turn allows the complete removal of
kernel/rcu/tiny_plugin.h.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


# 2464dd94 04-May-2017 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Apply trivial callback lists to shrink Tiny SRCU

The rcu_segcblist structure provides quite a bit of functionality, and
Tiny SRCU needs almost none of it. So this commit replaces Tiny SRCU's
uses of rcu_segcblist with a simple singly linked list with tail pointer.
This change significantly reduces Tiny SRCU's memory footprint, more
than making up for the growth caused by the creation of rcu_segcblist.c

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


# d4efe6c5 28-Apr-2017 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Shrink Tiny SRCU a bit

In Tiny SRCU, __srcu_read_lock() is a trivial function, outweighed by
its EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(), and on many architectures, its call sequence.
This commit therefore moves it to srcutiny.h so that it can be inlined.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


# cdf7abc4 31-May-2017 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

srcu: Allow use of Tiny/Tree SRCU from both process and interrupt context

Linu Cherian reported a WARN in cleanup_srcu_struct() when shutting
down a guest running iperf on a VFIO assigned device. This happens
because irqfd_wakeup() calls srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu) in interrupt
context, while a worker thread does the same inside kvm_set_irq(). If the
interrupt happens while the worker thread is executing __srcu_read_lock(),
updates to the Classic SRCU ->lock_count[] field or the Tree SRCU
->srcu_lock_count[] field can be lost.

The docs say you are not supposed to call srcu_read_lock() and
srcu_read_unlock() from irq context, but KVM interrupt injection happens
from (host) interrupt context and it would be nice if SRCU supported the
use case. KVM is using SRCU here not really for the "sleepable" part,
but rather due to its IPI-free fast detection of grace periods. It is
therefore not desirable to switch back to RCU, which would effectively
revert commit 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING",
2014-01-16).

However, the docs are overly conservative. You can have an SRCU instance
only has users in irq context, and you can mix process and irq context
as long as process context users disable interrupts. In addition,
__srcu_read_unlock() actually uses this_cpu_dec() on both Tree SRCU and
Classic SRCU. For those two implementations, only srcu_read_lock()
is unsafe.

When Classic SRCU's __srcu_read_unlock() was changed to use this_cpu_dec(),
in commit 5a41344a3d83 ("srcu: Simplify __srcu_read_unlock() via
this_cpu_dec()", 2012-11-29), __srcu_read_lock() did two increments.
Therefore it kept __this_cpu_inc(), with preempt_disable/enable in
the caller. Tree SRCU however only does one increment, so on most
architectures it is more efficient for __srcu_read_lock() to use
this_cpu_inc(), and any performance differences appear to be down in
the noise.

Unlike Classic and Tree SRCU, Tiny SRCU does increments and decrements on
a single variable. Therefore, as Peter Zijlstra pointed out, Tiny SRCU's
implementation already supports mixed-context use of srcu_read_lock()
and srcu_read_unlock(), at least as long as uses of srcu_read_lock()
and srcu_read_unlock() in each handler are nested and paired properly.
In other words, it is still illegal to (say) invoke srcu_read_lock()
in an interrupt handler and to invoke the matching srcu_read_unlock()
in a softirq handler. Therefore, the only change required for Tiny SRCU
is to its comments.

Fixes: 719d93cd5f5c ("kvm/irqchip: Speed up KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING")
Reported-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@gmail.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>


# 45753c5f 02-May-2017 Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

srcu: Debloat the <linux/rcu_segcblist.h> header

Linus noticed that the <linux/rcu_segcblist.h> has huge inline functions
which should not be inline at all.

As a first step in cleaning this up, move them all to kernel/rcu/ and
only keep an absolute minimum of data type defines in the header:

before: -rw-r--r-- 1 mingo mingo 22284 May 2 10:25 include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h
after: -rw-r--r-- 1 mingo mingo 3180 May 2 10:22 include/linux/rcu_segcblist.h

More can be done, such as uninlining the large functions, which inlining
is unjustified even if it's an RCU internal matter.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>


# d8be8173 25-Mar-2017 Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

srcu: Create a tiny SRCU

In response to automated complaints about modifications to SRCU
increasing its size, this commit creates a tiny SRCU that is
used in SMP=n && PREEMPT=n builds.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>