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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-09-25 15:22:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-09-25 15:22:31 -0700
commitac0a36461f5316ad98e8d7dd7d1cdaf000256a9b (patch)
treeb385a44ff05008d8a4de8c079942f253c425d77b /kernel/rcu
parente19b205be43d11bff638cad4487008c48d21c103 (diff)
parent15516c89acce948debc4c598e03c3fee53045797 (diff)
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Merge tag 'trace-v4.14-rc1-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt: "Stack tracing and RCU has been having issues with each other and lockdep has been pointing out constant problems. The changes have been going into the stack tracer, but it has been discovered that the problem isn't with the stack tracer itself, but it is with calling save_stack_trace() from within the internals of RCU. The stack tracer is the one that can trigger the issue the easiest, but examining the problem further, it could also happen from a WARN() in the wrong place, or even if an NMI happened in this area and it did an rcu_read_lock(). The critical area is where RCU is not watching. Which can happen while going to and from idle, or bringing up or taking down a CPU. The final fix was to put the protection in kernel_text_address() as it is the one that requires RCU to be watching while doing the stack trace. To make this work properly, Paul had to allow rcu_irq_enter() happen after rcu_nmi_enter(). This should have been done anyway, since an NMI can page fault (reading vmalloc area), and a page fault triggers rcu_irq_enter(). One patch is just a consolidation of code so that the fix only needed to be done in one location" * tag 'trace-v4.14-rc1-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: tracing: Remove RCU work arounds from stack tracer extable: Enable RCU if it is not watching in kernel_text_address() extable: Consolidate *kernel_text_address() functions rcu: Allow for page faults in NMI handlers
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/rcu')
-rw-r--r--kernel/rcu/tree.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1250e4bd4b85..0c44c7b42e6d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -882,6 +882,11 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
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;
+
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&
rdtp->dynticks_nesting < 1);
if (rdtp->dynticks_nesting <= 1) {
@@ -1015,6 +1020,11 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
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;
+
oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
rdtp->dynticks_nesting++;
WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_EQS_DEBUG) &&