[PATCH tip/core/rcu 10/17] rcutorture: Add self-propagating callback to forward-progress testing

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Aug 29 2018 - 17:48:13 EST


If rcutorture is run on a quiet system with the rcutorture.stutter module
parameter set high, then there can legitimately be an extended period
during which no RCU forward progress takes place. This can result
in false-positive no-forward-progress splats. This commit therefore
makes rcu_torture_fwd_prog() create a self-propagating RCU callback
to ensure that grace periods are in progress for the duration of the
forward-progress test.

Note that the RCU flavor under test must define ->call(), ->sync(),
and ->cb_barrier() for this self-propagating callback to be created.
If one or more of those rcu_torture_ops fields are NULL, then the
rcu_torture_fwd_prog() function will silently proceed without creating
the self-propagating callback.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 89cc4d9c9a0c..316083687fd7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1670,20 +1670,49 @@ static int __init rcu_torture_stall_init(void)
return torture_create_kthread(rcu_torture_stall, NULL, stall_task);
}

+/* State structure for forward-progress self-propagating RCU callback. */
+struct fwd_cb_state {
+ struct rcu_head rh;
+ int stop;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Forward-progress self-propagating RCU callback function. Because
+ * callbacks run from softirq, this function is an implicit RCU read-side
+ * critical section.
+ */
+static void rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cb(struct rcu_head *rhp)
+{
+ struct fwd_cb_state *fcsp = container_of(rhp, struct fwd_cb_state, rh);
+
+ if (READ_ONCE(fcsp->stop)) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(fcsp->stop, 2);
+ return;
+ }
+ cur_ops->call(&fcsp->rh, rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cb);
+}
+
/* Carry out grace-period forward-progress testing. */
static int rcu_torture_fwd_prog(void *args)
{
unsigned long cver;
+ struct fwd_cb_state fcs = { .stop = 0 };
unsigned long gps;
int idx;
int sd;
int sd4;
+ bool selfpropcb = false;
unsigned long stopat;
bool tested = false;
int tested_tries = 0;
static DEFINE_TORTURE_RANDOM(trs);

VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_fwd_progress task started");
+ if (cur_ops->call && cur_ops->sync && cur_ops->cb_barrier) {
+ init_rcu_head_on_stack(&fcs.rh);
+ cur_ops->call(&fcs.rh, rcu_torture_fwd_prog_cb);
+ selfpropcb = true;
+ }
do {
schedule_timeout_interruptible(fwd_progress_holdoff * HZ);
cver = READ_ONCE(rcu_torture_current_version);
@@ -1708,6 +1737,13 @@ static int rcu_torture_fwd_prog(void *args)
/* Avoid slow periods, better to test when busy. */
stutter_wait("rcu_torture_fwd_prog");
} while (!torture_must_stop());
+ if (selfpropcb) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(fcs.stop, 1);
+ cur_ops->sync(); /* Wait for running callback to complete. */
+ cur_ops->cb_barrier(); /* Wait for queued callbacks. */
+ WARN_ON(READ_ONCE(fcs.stop) != 2);
+ destroy_rcu_head_on_stack(&fcs.rh);
+ }
/* Short runs might not contain a valid forward-progress attempt. */
WARN_ON(!tested && tested_tries >= 5);
torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_fwd_prog");
--
2.17.1