[PATCH rcu 4/5] rcu: Make rcu_barrier() no longer block CPU-hotplug operations

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri Feb 04 2022 - 18:20:47 EST


This commit removes the cpus_read_lock() and cpus_read_unlock() calls
from rcu_barrier(), thus allowing CPUs to come and go during the course
of rcu_barrier() execution. Posting of the ->barrier_head callbacks does
synchronize with portions of RCU's CPU-hotplug notifiers, but these locks
are held for short time periods on both sides. Thus, full CPU-hotplug
operations could both start and finish during the execution of a given
rcu_barrier() invocation.

Additional synchronization is provided by a global ->barrier_lock.
Since the ->barrier_lock is only used during rcu_barrier() execution and
during onlining/offlining a CPU, the contention for this lock should
be low. It might be tempting to make use of a per-CPU lock just on
general principles, but straightforward attempts to do this have the
problems shown below.

Initial state: 3 CPUs present, CPU 0 and CPU1 do not have
any callback and CPU2 has callbacks.

1. CPU0 calls rcu_barrier().

2. CPU1 starts offlining for CPU2. CPU1 calls
rcutree_migrate_callbacks(). rcu_barrier_entrain() is called
from rcutree_migrate_callbacks(), with CPU2's rdp->barrier_lock.
It does not entrain ->barrier_head for CPU2, as rcu_barrier()
on CPU0 hasn't started the barrier sequence (by calling
rcu_seq_start(&rcu_state.barrier_sequence)) yet.

3. CPU0 starts new barrier sequence. It iterates over
CPU0 and CPU1, after acquiring their per-cpu ->barrier_lock
and finds 0 segcblist length. It updates ->barrier_seq_snap
for CPU0 and CPU1 and continues loop iteration to CPU2.

for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
if (!rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) {
WRITE_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap, gseq);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("NQ"), cpu, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
continue;
}

4. rcutree_migrate_callbacks() completes execution on CPU1.
Segcblist len for CPU2 becomes 0.

5. The loop iteration on CPU0, checks rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist)
for CPU2 and completes the loop iteration after setting
->barrier_seq_snap.

6. As there isn't any ->barrier_head callback entrained; at
this point, rcu_barrier() in CPU0 returns.

7. The callbacks, which migrated from CPU2 to CPU1, execute.

Straightforward per-CPU locking is also subject to the following race
condition noted by Boqun Feng:

1. CPU0 calls rcu_barrier(), starting a new barrier sequence by invoking
rcu_seq_start() and init_completion(), but does not yet initialize
rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count.

2. CPU1 starts offlining for CPU2, calling rcutree_migrate_callbacks(),
which in turn calls rcu_barrier_entrain() holding CPU2's.
rdp->barrier_lock. It then entrains ->barrier_head for CPU2
and atomically increments rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count, which is
unfortunately not yet initialized to the value 2.

3. The just-entrained RCU callback is invoked. It atomically
decrements rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count and sees that it is
now zero. This callback therefore invokes complete().

4. CPU0 continues executing rcu_barrier(), but is not blocked
by its call to wait_for_completion(). This results in rcu_barrier()
returning before all pre-existing callbacks have been invoked,
which is a bug.

Therefore, synchronization is provided by rcu_state.barrier_lock,
which is also held across the initialization sequence, especially the
rcu_seq_start() and the atomic_set() that sets rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count
to the value 2. In addition, this lock is held when entraining the
rcu_barrier() callback, when deciding whether or not a CPU has callbacks
that rcu_barrier() must wait on, when setting the ->qsmaskinitnext for
incoming CPUs, and when migrating callbacks from a CPU that is going
offline.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
kernel/rcu/tree.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index e80b4525469e1..1c30a01692076 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static struct rcu_state rcu_state = {
.gp_state = RCU_GP_IDLE,
.gp_seq = (0UL - 300UL) << RCU_SEQ_CTR_SHIFT,
.barrier_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(rcu_state.barrier_mutex),
+ .barrier_lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(rcu_state.barrier_lock),
.name = RCU_NAME,
.abbr = RCU_ABBR,
.exp_mutex = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(rcu_state.exp_mutex),
@@ -3994,7 +3995,7 @@ static void rcu_barrier_entrain(struct rcu_data *rdp)
unsigned long gseq = READ_ONCE(rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
unsigned long lseq = READ_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap);

- lockdep_assert_held(&rdp->barrier_lock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
if (rcu_seq_state(lseq) || !rcu_seq_state(gseq) || rcu_seq_ctr(lseq) != rcu_seq_ctr(gseq))
return;
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("IRQ"), -1, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
@@ -4023,9 +4024,9 @@ static void rcu_barrier_handler(void *cpu_in)
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != rdp->cpu);
WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu != smp_processor_id());
- raw_spin_lock(&rdp->barrier_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
rcu_barrier_entrain(rdp);
- raw_spin_unlock(&rdp->barrier_lock);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
}

/**
@@ -4058,6 +4059,7 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
}

/* Mark the start of the barrier operation. */
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
rcu_seq_start(&rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
gseq = rcu_state.barrier_sequence;
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("Inc1"), -1, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
@@ -4071,7 +4073,7 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
*/
init_completion(&rcu_state.barrier_completion);
atomic_set(&rcu_state.barrier_cpu_count, 2);
- cpus_read_lock();
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);

/*
* Force each CPU with callbacks to register a new callback.
@@ -4083,21 +4085,21 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
retry:
if (smp_load_acquire(&rdp->barrier_seq_snap) == gseq)
continue;
- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
if (!rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&rdp->cblist)) {
WRITE_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap, gseq);
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("NQ"), cpu, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
continue;
}
if (!rcu_rdp_cpu_online(rdp)) {
rcu_barrier_entrain(rdp);
WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap) != gseq);
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("OfflineNoCBQ"), cpu, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
continue;
}
- raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
if (smp_call_function_single(cpu, rcu_barrier_handler, (void *)cpu, 1)) {
schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
goto retry;
@@ -4105,7 +4107,6 @@ void rcu_barrier(void)
WARN_ON_ONCE(READ_ONCE(rdp->barrier_seq_snap) != gseq);
rcu_barrier_trace(TPS("OnlineQ"), cpu, rcu_state.barrier_sequence);
}
- cpus_read_unlock();

/*
* Now that we have an rcu_barrier_callback() callback on each
@@ -4173,7 +4174,6 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu)
INIT_WORK(&rdp->strict_work, strict_work_handler);
WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks_nesting != 1);
WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_dynticks_in_eqs(rcu_dynticks_snap(rdp)));
- raw_spin_lock_init(&rdp->barrier_lock);
rdp->barrier_seq_snap = rcu_state.barrier_sequence;
rdp->rcu_ofl_gp_seq = rcu_state.gp_seq;
rdp->rcu_ofl_gp_flags = RCU_GP_CLEANED;
@@ -4325,10 +4325,10 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
local_irq_save(flags);
arch_spin_lock(&rcu_state.ofl_lock);
rcu_dynticks_eqs_online();
- raw_spin_lock(&rdp->barrier_lock);
+ raw_spin_lock(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp);
WRITE_ONCE(rnp->qsmaskinitnext, rnp->qsmaskinitnext | mask);
- raw_spin_unlock(&rdp->barrier_lock);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_lock);
newcpu = !(rnp->expmaskinitnext & mask);
rnp->expmaskinitnext |= mask;
/* Allow lockless access for expedited grace periods. */
@@ -4415,7 +4415,7 @@ void rcutree_migrate_callbacks(int cpu)
rcu_segcblist_empty(&rdp->cblist))
return; /* No callbacks to migrate. */

- raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rdp->barrier_lock, flags);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_state.barrier_lock, flags);
WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_rdp_cpu_online(rdp));
rcu_barrier_entrain(rdp);
my_rdp = this_cpu_ptr(&rcu_data);
@@ -4427,7 +4427,7 @@ void rcutree_migrate_callbacks(int cpu)
needwake = rcu_advance_cbs(my_rnp, rdp) ||
rcu_advance_cbs(my_rnp, my_rdp);
rcu_segcblist_merge(&my_rdp->cblist, &rdp->cblist);
- raw_spin_unlock(&rdp->barrier_lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
+ raw_spin_unlock(&rcu_state.barrier_lock); /* irqs remain disabled. */
needwake = needwake || rcu_advance_cbs(my_rnp, my_rdp);
rcu_segcblist_disable(&rdp->cblist);
WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_segcblist_empty(&my_rdp->cblist) != !rcu_segcblist_n_cbs(&my_rdp->cblist));
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 84362951ed9e1..a2d7ffd634cc1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ struct rcu_data {
bool rcu_forced_tick_exp; /* ... provide QS to expedited GP. */

/* 4) rcu_barrier(), OOM callbacks, and expediting. */
- raw_spinlock_t barrier_lock; /* Protects ->barrier_seq_snap. */
unsigned long barrier_seq_snap; /* Snap of rcu_state.barrier_sequence. */
struct rcu_head barrier_head;
int exp_dynticks_snap; /* Double-check need for IPI. */
@@ -323,6 +322,8 @@ struct rcu_state {
/* rcu_barrier(). */
/* End of fields guarded by barrier_mutex. */

+ raw_spinlock_t barrier_lock; /* Protects ->barrier_seq_snap. */
+
struct mutex exp_mutex; /* Serialize expedited GP. */
struct mutex exp_wake_mutex; /* Serialize wakeup. */
unsigned long expedited_sequence; /* Take a ticket. */
--
2.31.1.189.g2e36527f23