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Frederic Weisbecker b5befe842e srcu: Fix broken node geometry after early ssp init
An srcu_struct structure that is initialized before rcu_init_geometry()
will have its srcu_node hierarchy based on CONFIG_NR_CPUS.  Once
rcu_init_geometry() is called, this hierarchy is compressed as needed
for the actual maximum number of CPUs for this system.

Later on, that srcu_struct structure is confused, sometimes referring
to its initial CONFIG_NR_CPUS-based hierarchy, and sometimes instead
to the new num_possible_cpus() hierarchy.  For example, each of its
->mynode fields continues to reference the original leaf rcu_node
structures, some of which might no longer exist.  On the other hand,
srcu_for_each_node_breadth_first() traverses to the new node hierarchy.

There are at least two bad possible outcomes to this:

1) a) A callback enqueued early on an srcu_data structure (call it
      *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() shrinks the
      nodes level to a single one.  srcu_gp_end() walks through the new
      srcu_node 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 srcu_struct structure that is 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.

This commit therefore causes init_srcu_struct_nodes to initialize the
geometry, if needed.  This ensures that the srcu_node hierarchy is
properly built and distributed from the get-go.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Cc: Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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