Re: [PATCH] powerpc/smp: Move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier

From: Qian Cai
Date: Thu Oct 29 2020 - 08:18:05 EST


On Thu, 2020-10-29 at 11:09 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > The call to rcu_cpu_starting() in start_secondary() is not early enough
> > in the CPU-hotplug onlining process, which results in lockdep splats as
> > follows:
>
> Since when?

For me, it is since the commit in the link which looks now merged into
v5.10-rc1. Then, it needs CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y.

> What kernel version?
>
> I haven't seen this running CPU hotplug tests with PROVE_LOCKING=y on
> v5.10-rc1. Am I missing a CONFIG?
>
> cheers
>
>
> > WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> > -----------------------------
> > kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3497 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
> >
> > other info that might help us debug this:
> >
> > RCU used illegally from offline CPU!
> > rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> > no locks held by swapper/1/0.
> >
> > Call Trace:
> > dump_stack+0xec/0x144 (unreliable)
> > lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x128/0x14c
> > __lock_acquire+0x1060/0x1c60
> > lock_acquire+0x140/0x5f0
> > _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x64/0xb0
> > clockevents_register_device+0x74/0x270
> > register_decrementer_clockevent+0x94/0x110
> > start_secondary+0x134/0x800
> > start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14
> >
> > This is avoided by moving the call to rcu_cpu_starting up near the
> > beginning of the start_secondary() function. Note that the
> > raw_smp_processor_id() is required in order to avoid calling into
> > lockdep before RCU has declared the CPU to be watched for readers.
> >
> > Link:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/160223032121.7002.1269740091547117869.tip-bot2@tip-bot2/
> > Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > index 3c6b9822f978..8c2857cbd960 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
> > @@ -1393,13 +1393,14 @@ static void add_cpu_to_masks(int cpu)
> > /* Activate a secondary processor. */
> > void start_secondary(void *unused)
> > {
> > - unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> > + unsigned int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
> >
> > mmgrab(&init_mm);
> > current->active_mm = &init_mm;
> >
> > smp_store_cpu_info(cpu);
> > set_dec(tb_ticks_per_jiffy);
> > + rcu_cpu_starting(cpu);
> > preempt_disable();
> > cpu_callin_map[cpu] = 1;
> >
> > --
> > 2.28.0