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diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 49464ade..b618d72 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -804,8 +804,11 @@ static int rcu_implicit_dynticks_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp,
static void record_gp_stall_check_time(struct rcu_state *rsp)
{
- rsp->gp_start = jiffies;
- rsp->jiffies_stall = jiffies + rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check();
+ unsigned long j = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies);
+
+ rsp->gp_start = j;
+ smp_wmb(); /* Record start time before stall time. */
+ rsp->jiffies_stall = j + rcu_jiffies_till_stall_check();
}
/*
@@ -934,17 +937,48 @@ static void print_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp)
static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)
{
+ unsigned long completed;
+ unsigned long gpnum;
+ unsigned long gps;
unsigned long j;
unsigned long js;
struct rcu_node *rnp;
- if (rcu_cpu_stall_suppress)
+ if (rcu_cpu_stall_suppress || !rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp))
return;
j = ACCESS_ONCE(jiffies);
+
+ /*
+ * Lots of memory barriers to reject false positives.
+ *
+ * The idea is to pick up rsp->gpnum, then rsp->jiffies_stall,
+ * then rsp->gp_start, and finally rsp->completed. These values
+ * are updated in the opposite order with memory barriers (or
+ * equivalent) during grace-period initialization and cleanup.
+ * Now, a false positive can occur if we get an new value of
+ * rsp->gp_start and a old value of rsp->jiffies_stall. But given
+ * the memory barriers, the only way that this can happen is if one
+ * grace period ends and another starts between these two fetches.
+ * Detect this by comparing rsp->completed with the previous fetch
+ * from rsp->gpnum.
+ *
+ * Given this check, comparisons of jiffies, rsp->jiffies_stall,
+ * and rsp->gp_start suffice to forestall false positives.
+ */
+ gpnum = ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gpnum);
+ smp_rmb(); /* Pick up ->gpnum first... */
js = ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall);
+ smp_rmb(); /* ...then ->jiffies_stall before the rest... */
+ gps = ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->gp_start);
+ smp_rmb(); /* ...and finally ->gp_start before ->completed. */
+ completed = ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->completed);
+ if (ULONG_CMP_GE(completed, gpnum) ||
+ ULONG_CMP_LT(j, js) ||
+ ULONG_CMP_GE(gps, js))
+ return; /* No stall or GP completed since entering function. */
rnp = rdp->mynode;
if (rcu_gp_in_progress(rsp) &&
- (ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) & rdp->grpmask) && ULONG_CMP_GE(j, js)) {
+ (ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) & rdp->grpmask)) {
/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
print_cpu_stall(rsp);
@@ -1317,9 +1351,10 @@ static int rcu_gp_init(struct rcu_state *rsp)
}
/* Advance to a new grace period and initialize state. */
+ record_gp_stall_check_time(rsp);
+ smp_wmb(); /* Record GP times before starting GP. */
rsp->gpnum++;
trace_rcu_grace_period(rsp->name, rsp->gpnum, TPS("start"));
- record_gp_stall_check_time(rsp);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rnp->lock);
/* Exclude any concurrent CPU-hotplug operations. */
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