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SubjectRe: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 35/55] rcutorture: Fix rcutorture shutdown races
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 02:12:39PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Not all of the rcutorture kthreads waited for kthread_should_stop()
> before returning from their top-level functions, and none of them
> used torture_shutdown_absorb() properly. These problems can result in
> segfaults and hangs at shutdown time, and some recent changes perturbed
> timing sufficiently to make them much more probable. This commit
> therefore creates a torture_kthread_stopping() function that does the
> proper kthread shutdown dance in one centralized location.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

One comment below.

> include/linux/torture.h | 3 ++-
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 39 +++++++++++----------------------------
> kernel/torture.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/torture.h b/include/linux/torture.h
> index 513b85f98585..db9bc7756a32 100644
> --- a/include/linux/torture.h
> +++ b/include/linux/torture.h
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
> #define TOROUT_STRING(s) \
> pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type)
> #define VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING(s) \
> - do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
> + do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG " %s\n", torture_type, s); } while (0)

This change is completely unrelated to the change described in the
commit message. This should not be part of this commit.

> #define VERBOSE_TOROUT_ERRSTRING(s) \
> do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG "!!! " s "\n", torture_type); } while (0)
>
> @@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ void torture_init_end(void);
> bool torture_cleanup(void);
> bool torture_must_stop(void);
> bool torture_must_stop_irq(void);
> +void torture_kthread_stopping(char *title);
>
> #endif /* __LINUX_TORTURE_H */
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> index aaca2350e0e4..6d12fd18d97f 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
> @@ -601,12 +601,13 @@ checkwait: stutter_wait("rcu_torture_boost");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
>
> /* Clean up and exit. */
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_boost task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_boost");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop() || rbi.inflight)
> + while (!kthread_should_stop() || rbi.inflight) {
> + torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_boost");
> schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + }
> smp_mb(); /* order accesses to ->inflight before stack-frame death. */
> destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rbi.rcu);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_boost");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -637,10 +638,7 @@ rcu_torture_fqs(void *arg)
> }
> stutter_wait("rcu_torture_fqs");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_fqs task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_fqs");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_fqs");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -709,10 +707,7 @@ rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
> rcutorture_record_progress(++rcu_torture_current_version);
> stutter_wait("rcu_torture_writer");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_writer");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_writer");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -747,10 +742,7 @@ rcu_torture_fakewriter(void *arg)
> stutter_wait("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
>
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_fakewriter task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_fakewriter");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -891,12 +883,9 @@ rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
> schedule();
> stutter_wait("rcu_torture_reader");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_reader");
> if (irqreader && cur_ops->irq_capable)
> del_timer_sync(&t);
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_reader");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1009,7 +998,7 @@ rcu_torture_stats(void *arg)
> rcu_torture_stats_print();
> torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_stats");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task stopping");
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_stats");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1170,12 +1159,9 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier_cbs(void *arg)
> if (atomic_dec_and_test(&barrier_cbs_count))
> wake_up(&barrier_wq);
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
> cur_ops->cb_barrier();
> destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&rcu);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_barrier_cbs");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1206,10 +1192,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier(void *arg)
> n_barrier_successes++;
> schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 10);
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_barrier task stopping");
> - torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_barrier");
> - while (!kthread_should_stop())
> - schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
> + torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_barrier");
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/kernel/torture.c b/kernel/torture.c
> index 12a5807fb4e9..6f1c6600d183 100644
> --- a/kernel/torture.c
> +++ b/kernel/torture.c
> @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ torture_onoff(void *arg)
> }
> schedule_timeout_interruptible(onoff_interval);
> }
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_onoff task stopping");
> + torture_kthread_stopping("torture_onoff");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int torture_shuffle(void *arg)
> torture_shuffle_tasks();
> torture_shutdown_absorb("torture_shuffle");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_shuffle task stopping");
> + torture_kthread_stopping("torture_shuffle");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int torture_shutdown(void *arg)
> jiffies_snap = jiffies;
> }
> if (torture_must_stop()) {
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_shutdown task stopping");
> + torture_kthread_stopping("torture_shutdown");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int torture_stutter(void *arg)
> ACCESS_ONCE(stutter_pause_test) = 0;
> torture_shutdown_absorb("torture_stutter");
> } while (!torture_must_stop());
> - VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("torture_stutter task stopping");
> + torture_kthread_stopping("torture_stutter");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -696,3 +696,21 @@ bool torture_must_stop_irq(void)
> return ACCESS_ONCE(fullstop) != FULLSTOP_DONTSTOP;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(torture_must_stop_irq);
> +
> +/*
> + * Each kthread must wait for kthread_should_stop() before returning from
> + * its top-level function, otherwise segfaults ensue. This function
> + * prints a "stopping" message and waits for kthread_should_stop(), and
> + * should be called from all torture kthreads immediately prior to
> + * returning.
> + */
> +void torture_kthread_stopping(char *title)
> +{
> + if (verbose)
> + pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG " %s\n", torture_type, title);
> + while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
> + torture_shutdown_absorb(title);
> + schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> + }
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(torture_kthread_stopping);
> --
> 1.8.1.5
>


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