[RFC PATCH] rcu: using ACCESS_ONCE() to observe the jiffies_stall/rnp->qsmask value

From: Dongdong Deng
Date: Tue Sep 28 2010 - 04:27:13 EST


Using ACCESS_ONCE() to observe the jiffies_stall/rnp->qsmask value
due to the caller didn't hold the root_rcu/rnp node's lock.

Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcutree.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index d5bc439..07a7063 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -532,9 +532,9 @@ static void check_cpu_stall(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_data *rdp)

if (rcu_cpu_stall_panicking)
return;
- delta = jiffies - rsp->jiffies_stall;
+ delta = jiffies - ACCESS_ONCE(rsp->jiffies_stall);
rnp = rdp->mynode;
- if ((rnp->qsmask & rdp->grpmask) && delta >= 0) {
+ if ((ACCESS_ONCE(rnp->qsmask) & rdp->grpmask) && delta >= 0) {

/* We haven't checked in, so go dump stack. */
print_cpu_stall(rsp);
--
1.6.0.4

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