[tip: core/entry] sched: Snapshot thread flags

From: tip-bot2 for Mark Rutland
Date: Tue Nov 30 2021 - 18:09:27 EST


The following commit has been merged into the core/entry branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 0569b245132c40015281610353935a50e282eb94
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0569b245132c40015281610353935a50e282eb94
Author: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:06:45
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:43 +01:00

sched: Snapshot thread flags

Some thread flags can be set remotely, and so even when IRQs are disabled,
the flags can change under our feet. Generally this is unlikely to cause a
problem in practice, but it is somewhat unsound, and KCSAN will
legitimately warn that there is a data race.

To avoid such issues, a snapshot of the flags has to be taken prior to
using them. Some places already use READ_ONCE() for that, others do not.

Convert them all to the new flag accessor helpers.

The READ_ONCE(ti->flags) .. cmpxchg(ti->flags) loop in
set_nr_if_polling() is left as-is for clarity.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211129130653.2037928-4-mark.rutland@xxxxxxx

---
kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 76f9dee..7042627 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -8520,7 +8520,7 @@ void sched_show_task(struct task_struct *p)
rcu_read_unlock();
pr_cont(" stack:%5lu pid:%5d ppid:%6d flags:0x%08lx\n",
free, task_pid_nr(p), ppid,
- (unsigned long)task_thread_info(p)->flags);
+ read_task_thread_flags(p));

print_worker_info(KERN_INFO, p);
print_stop_info(KERN_INFO, p);