srcu: Reduce probability of SRCU ->unlock_count[] counter overflow
Because there are no memory barriers between the srcu_flip() ->completed increment and the summation of the read-side ->unlock_count[] counters, both the compiler and the CPU can reorder the summation with the ->completed increment. If the updater is preempted long enough during this process, the read-side counters could overflow, resulting in a too-short grace period. This commit therefore adds a memory barrier just after the ->completed increment, ensuring that if the summation misses an increment of ->unlock_count[] from __srcu_read_unlock(), the next __srcu_read_lock() will see the new value of ->completed, thus bounding the number of ->unlock_count[] increments that can be missed to NR_CPUS. The actual overflow computation is more complex due to the possibility of nesting of __srcu_read_lock(). Reported-by: Lance Roy <ldr709@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@ -320,7 +320,16 @@ static bool try_check_zero(struct srcu_struct *sp, int idx, int trycount)
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static void srcu_flip(struct srcu_struct *sp)
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sp->completed++;
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WRITE_ONCE(sp->completed, sp->completed + 1);
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/*
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* Ensure that if the updater misses an __srcu_read_unlock()
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* increment, that task's next __srcu_read_lock() will see the
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* above counter update. Note that both this memory barrier
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* and the one in srcu_readers_active_idx_check() provide the
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* guarantee for __srcu_read_lock().
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*/
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smp_mb(); /* D */ /* Pairs with C. */
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}
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/*
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