Re: [PATCH 3/8] srcu: Use local_lock() for per-CPU struct srcu_data access

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Sat May 23 2020 - 11:08:49 EST


On 2020-05-22 10:39:53 [-0700], Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> It looks good to me, but I have not yet tested it. (Happy to let you
> take the first crack at rcutorture in any case, scenarios SRCU-P and
> SRCU-N.)

on it.

> > That check_init_srcu_struct() is needed, because otherwise:
> >
> > | BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#2, swapper/0/1
> > | lock: 0xffff88803ed28ac0, .magic: 00000000, .owner: <none>/-1, .owner_cpu: 0
> > | CPU: 2 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.7.0-rc6+ #81
> > | Call Trace:
> > | dump_stack+0x71/0xa0
> > | do_raw_spin_lock+0x6c/0xb0
> > | _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x33/0x40
> > | synchronize_srcu+0x24/0xc9
> > | wakeup_source_remove+0x4d/0x70
> > | wakeup_source_unregister.part.0+0x9/0x40
> > | device_wakeup_enable+0x99/0xc0
> >
> > I'm not sure if there should be an explicit init of `wakeup_srcu' or if
> > an srcu function (like call_srcu()) is supposed to do it.
>
> It is fine. Beforehand, that check_init_srcu_struct() would have been
> invoked very shortly thereafter from __call_srcu(), and there is no
> instead harm invoking it a few microseconds earlier. ;-)

Oki. I wasn't sure if an explizit initialized on wakeup_srcu's side was
missing or if this is new since we use the lock earlier.

> Thanx, Paul

Sebastian