Re: [PATCH 1/2] srcu: Fix broken node geometry after early ssp init

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sun Apr 18 2021 - 00:46:36 EST


On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 03:16:49PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 08:55:38AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > index 75ed367d5b60..24db97cbf76b 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> > > @@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ extern void resched_cpu(int cpu);
> > > extern int rcu_num_lvls;
> > > extern int num_rcu_lvl[];
> > > extern int rcu_num_nodes;
> > > +extern bool rcu_geometry_initialized;
> >
> > Can this be a static local variable inside rcu_init_geometry()?
> >
> > After all, init_srcu_struct() isn't called all that often, and its overhead
> > is such that an extra function call and check is going to hurt it. This
> > of course requires removing __init from rcu_init_geometry(), but it is not
> > all that large, so why not just remove the __init?
> >
> > But if we really are worried about reclaiming rcu_init_geometry()'s
> > instructions (maybe we are?), then rcu_init_geometry() can be split
> > into a function that just does the check (which is not __init) and the
> > remainder of the function, which could remain __init.
>
> There you go:

Queued, thank you!

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> From: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:10:36 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] srcu: Fix broken node geometry after early ssp init
>
> An ssp initialized before rcu_init_geometry() will have its snp hierarchy
> based on CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
>
> Once rcu_init_geometry() is called, the nodes distribution is shrinked
> and optimized toward meeting the actual possible number of CPUs detected
> on boot.
>
> Later on, the ssp that was initialized before rcu_init_geometry() is
> confused and sometimes refers to its initial CONFIG_NR_CPUS based node
> hierarchy, sometimes to the new num_possible_cpus() based one instead.
> For example each of its sdp->mynode remain backward and refer to the
> early node leaves that may not exist anymore. On the other hand the
> srcu_for_each_node_breadth_first() refers to the new node hierarchy.
>
> There are at least two bad possible outcomes to this:
>
> 1) a) A callback enqueued early on an sdp is recorded pending on
> sdp->mynode->srcu_data_have_cbs in srcu_funnel_gp_start() with
> sdp->mynode pointing to a deep leaf (say 3 levels).
>
> b) The grace period ends after rcu_init_geometry() which shrinks the
> nodes level to a single one. srcu_gp_end() walks through the new
> snp hierarchy without ever reaching the old leaves so the callback
> is never executed.
>
> This is easily reproduced on an 8 CPUs machine with
> CONFIG_NR_CPUS >= 32 and "rcupdate.rcu_self_test=1". The
> srcu_barrier() after early tests verification never completes and
> the boot hangs:
>
> [ 5413.141029] INFO: task swapper/0:1 blocked for more than 4915 seconds.
> [ 5413.147564] Not tainted 5.12.0-rc4+ #28
> [ 5413.151927] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
> [ 5413.159753] task:swapper/0 state:D stack: 0 pid: 1 ppid: 0 flags:0x00004000
> [ 5413.168099] Call Trace:
> [ 5413.170555] __schedule+0x36c/0x930
> [ 5413.174057] ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
> [ 5413.178423] schedule+0x46/0xf0
> [ 5413.181575] schedule_timeout+0x284/0x380
> [ 5413.185591] ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
> [ 5413.189957] ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
> [ 5413.193882] ? mark_held_locks+0x61/0x80
> [ 5413.197809] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50
> [ 5413.202173] ? wait_for_completion+0x88/0x110
> [ 5413.206535] wait_for_completion+0xb4/0x110
> [ 5413.210724] ? srcu_torture_stats_print+0x110/0x110
> [ 5413.215610] srcu_barrier+0x187/0x200
> [ 5413.219277] ? rcu_tasks_verify_self_tests+0x50/0x50
> [ 5413.224244] ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
> [ 5413.227907] rcu_verify_early_boot_tests+0x2d/0x40
> [ 5413.232700] do_one_initcall+0x63/0x310
> [ 5413.236541] ? rdinit_setup+0x2b/0x2b
> [ 5413.240207] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x52/0x80
> [ 5413.244912] kernel_init_freeable+0x253/0x28f
> [ 5413.249273] ? rest_init+0x250/0x250
> [ 5413.252846] kernel_init+0xa/0x110
> [ 5413.256257] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
>
> 2) An ssp that gets initialized before rcu_init_geometry() and used
> afterward will always have stale rdp->mynode references, resulting in
> callbacks to be missed in srcu_gp_end(), just like in the previous
> scenario.
>
> Solve this with initializing nodes geometry whenever an struct srcu_state
> happens to be initialized before rcu_init(). This way we make sure the
> RCU nodes hierarchy is properly built and distributed before the nodes
> of an struct srcu_state are allocated.
>
> Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 2 ++
> kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 3 +++
> kernel/rcu/tree.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> index 75ed367d5b60..edba5976ca17 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
> @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ static inline void rcu_init_levelspread(int *levelspread, const int *levelcnt)
> }
> }
>
> +extern void rcu_init_geometry(void);
> +
> /* Returns a pointer to the first leaf rcu_node structure. */
> #define rcu_first_leaf_node() (rcu_state.level[rcu_num_lvls - 1])
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index 55bc9473562b..9efd5eeb5dd5 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ static void init_srcu_struct_nodes(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
> struct srcu_node *snp;
> struct srcu_node *snp_first;
>
> + /* First make sure the nodes hierarchy is properly built */
> + rcu_init_geometry();
> +
> /* Work out the overall tree geometry. */
> ssp->level[0] = &ssp->node[0];
> for (i = 1; i < rcu_num_lvls; i++)
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 51600ef3fb0c..906f81786ca5 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -4617,11 +4617,26 @@ static void __init rcu_init_one(void)
> * replace the definitions in tree.h because those are needed to size
> * the ->node array in the rcu_state structure.
> */
> -static void __init rcu_init_geometry(void)
> +void rcu_init_geometry(void)
> {
> ulong d;
> int i;
> + static unsigned long old_nr_cpu_ids;
> int rcu_capacity[RCU_NUM_LVLS];
> + static bool initialized;
> +
> + if (initialized) {
> + /*
> + * Arrange for warning if rcu_init_geometry() was called before
> + * setup_nr_cpu_ids(). We may miss cases when
> + * nr_cpus_ids == NR_CPUS but that shouldn't matter too much.
> + */
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(old_nr_cpu_ids != nr_cpu_ids);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + old_nr_cpu_ids = nr_cpu_ids;
> + initialized = true;
>
> /*
> * Initialize any unspecified boot parameters.
> --
> 2.25.1
>