Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in rcu_core

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:11:51 +0800
Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Yes certainly, the rcu_head is allocated on the caller side so it
> > could have been trampled while the callback was still in flight.  
> Thank you all for your guidance, I learned a lot during this process
> >  
> > > OR it could be a bug with RCU if the synchronize_rcu() ended before the
> > > grace periods have finished.  
> Thanks again.
> 
> By the way, the syzkaller on my local machine has been running for 8
> hours, only three bugs reported[1][2][3], but they don't seem to be
> related to Sanan's original report.
> Maybe there are some configuration mismatches between us.The test
> continues,  I will report to you once I have any new discovery.

Note, the above races (either bug, the one that tramples on something in
RCU flight, or a synchronize_sched() returning early) may be extremely hard
to hit. It could have been the planets were lined up just right to hit the
bug, and won't happen for another 27,000 years.

-- Steve