summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorZhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>2023-08-05 11:17:26 +0800
committerFrederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>2023-09-13 22:29:12 +0200
commit2cbc482d325ee58001472c4359b311958c4efdd1 (patch)
tree24b07f2163179d6db273cf71a15dd752097d99c0 /kernel/rcu/tasks.h
parent6e284c55fc0bef7d25fd34d29db11f483da60ea4 (diff)
downloadlwn-2cbc482d325ee58001472c4359b311958c4efdd1.tar.gz
lwn-2cbc482d325ee58001472c4359b311958c4efdd1.zip
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu/tasks.h')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tasks.h1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 8d65f7d576a3..7c845532a50a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ static void rcu_tasks_invoke_cbs(struct rcu_tasks *rtp, struct rcu_tasks_percpu
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore_rcu_node(rtpcp, flags);
len = rcl.len;
for (rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&rcl); rhp; rhp = rcu_cblist_dequeue(&rcl)) {
+ debug_rcu_head_callback(rhp);
local_bh_disable();
rhp->func(rhp);
local_bh_enable();