rcu: Need to update rnp->gpnum if preemptable RCU is to be reliable

paulmck · Ingo Molnar · commit de078d875cc7 · 2009-09-18T00:04:54.000+02:00
Without this patch, tasks preempted in RCU read-side critical
sections can fail to block the grace period, given that
rnp-&gt;gpnum is used to determine which rnp-&gt;blocked_tasks[]
element the preempted task is enqueued on.

Before the patch, rnp-&gt;gpnum is always zero, so preempted tasks
are always enqueued on rnp-&gt;blocked_tasks[0], which is correct
only when the current CPU has not checked into the current
grace period and the grace-period number is even, or,
similarly, if the current CPU -has- checked into the current
grace period and the grace-period number is odd.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
LKML-Reference: &lt;12524504771622-git-send-email-&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
 	/* Special-case the common single-level case. */
 	if (NUM_RCU_NODES == 1) {
 		rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
+		rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
 		rsp->signaled = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT; /* force_quiescent_state OK. */
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
 		return;
@@ -657,8 +658,10 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
 	 */
 
 	rnp_end = rsp->level[NUM_RCU_LVLS - 1];
-	for (rnp_cur = &rsp->node[0]; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++)
+	for (rnp_cur = &rsp->node[0]; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++) {
 		rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
+		rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Now set up the leaf nodes.  Here we must be careful.  First,
@@ -679,6 +682,7 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
 	for (; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++) {
 		spin_lock(&rnp_cur->lock);	/* irqs already disabled. */
 		rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
+		rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
 		spin_unlock(&rnp_cur->lock);	/* irqs already disabled. */
 	}
 
