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Subject[PATCH tip/core/rcu 7/9] rcu: More info about potential deadlocks with rcu_read_unlock()
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From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>

The comment above rcu_read_unlock() explains the potential deadlock
if the caller holds one of the locks taken by rt_mutex_unlock() paths,
but it is not clear from this documentation that any lock which can
be taken from interrupt can lead to deadlock as well and we need to
take rt_mutex_lock() into account too.

The problem is that rt_mutex_lock() takes wait_lock without disabling
irqs, and thus an interrupt taking some LOCK can obviously race with
rcu_read_unlock_special() called with the same LOCK held.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 36ea3ba5c516..ae6942a84a0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -887,7 +887,9 @@ static inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
* Unfortunately, this function acquires the scheduler's runqueue and
* priority-inheritance spinlocks. This means that deadlock could result
* if the caller of rcu_read_unlock() already holds one of these locks or
- * any lock that is ever acquired while holding them.
+ * any lock that is ever acquired while holding them; or any lock which
+ * can be taken from interrupt context because rcu_boost()->rt_mutex_lock()
+ * does not disable irqs while taking ->wait_lock.
*
* That said, RCU readers are never priority boosted unless they were
* preempted. Therefore, one way to avoid deadlock is to make sure
--
1.8.1.5


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