Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in __do_softirq

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Apr 22 2024 - 17:15:41 EST


On Fri, Apr 19 2024 at 13:50, Z qiang wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 05:49:38PM +0800, Z qiang wrote:
> static __init int spawn_ksoftirqd(void)
> {
> + int cpu;
> +
> + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
> + per_cpu(ksoftirqd_work, cpu) = false;

First of all that initialization is pointless, but why making all of
this complex as hell?

Thanks,

tglx
---
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index b315b21fb28c..e991d735be0d 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_softirq_start(void) { return false; }
static inline void lockdep_softirq_end(bool in_hardirq) { }
#endif

-asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
+static void handle_softirqs(bool kirqd)
{
unsigned long end = jiffies + MAX_SOFTIRQ_TIME;
unsigned long old_flags = current->flags;
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
pending >>= softirq_bit;
}

- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) &&
- __this_cpu_read(ksoftirqd) == current)
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && kirqd)
rcu_softirq_qs();

local_irq_disable();
@@ -584,6 +583,11 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
current_restore_flags(old_flags, PF_MEMALLOC);
}

+asmlinkage __visible void __softirq_entry __do_softirq(void)
+{
+ handle_softirqs(false);
+}
+
/**
* irq_enter_rcu - Enter an interrupt context with RCU watching
*/
@@ -921,7 +925,7 @@ static void run_ksoftirqd(unsigned int cpu)
* We can safely run softirq on inline stack, as we are not deep
* in the task stack here.
*/
- __do_softirq();
+ handle_softirqs(true);
ksoftirqd_run_end();
cond_resched();
return;