@@ -827,11 +827,21 @@ static void rcu_tasks_pertask(struct task_struct *t, struct list_head *hop)
static void rcu_tasks_postscan(struct list_head *hop)
{
/*
- * Wait for tasks that are in the process of exiting. This
- * does only part of the job, ensuring that all tasks that were
- * previously exiting reach the point where they have disabled
- * preemption, allowing the later synchronize_rcu() to finish
- * the job.
+ * Exiting tasks may escape the tasklist scan. Those are vulnerable
+ * until their final schedule() with TASK_DEAD state. To cope with
+ * this, divide the fragile exit path part in two intersecting
+ * read side critical sections:
+ *
+ * 1) An _SRCU_ read side starting before calling exit_notify(),
+ * which may remove the task from the tasklist, and ending after
+ * the final preempt_disable() call in do_exit().
+ *
+ * 2) An _RCU_ read side starting with the final preempt_disable()
+ * call in do_exit() and ending with the final call to schedule()
+ * with TASK_DEAD state.
+ *
+ * This handles the part 1). And postgp will handle part 2) with a
+ * call to synchronize_rcu().
*/
synchronize_srcu(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu);
}
@@ -898,7 +908,10 @@ static void rcu_tasks_postgp(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
*
* In addition, this synchronize_rcu() waits for exiting tasks
* to complete their final preempt_disable() region of execution,
- * cleaning up after the synchronize_srcu() above.
+ * cleaning up after synchronize_srcu(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu),
+ * enforcing the whole region before tasklist removal until
+ * the final schedule() with TASK_DEAD state to be an RCU TASKS
+ * read side critical section.
*/
synchronize_rcu();
}
@@ -988,7 +1001,11 @@ void show_rcu_tasks_classic_gp_kthread(void)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(show_rcu_tasks_classic_gp_kthread);
#endif // !defined(CONFIG_TINY_RCU)
-/* Do the srcu_read_lock() for the above synchronize_srcu(). */
+/*
+ * Contribute to protect against tasklist scan blind spot while the
+ * task is exiting and may be removed from the tasklist. See
+ * corresponding synchronize_srcu() for further details.
+ */
void exit_tasks_rcu_start(void) __acquires(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu)
{
preempt_disable();
@@ -996,7 +1013,11 @@ void exit_tasks_rcu_start(void) __acquires(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu)
preempt_enable();
}
-/* Do the srcu_read_unlock() for the above synchronize_srcu(). */
+/*
+ * Contribute to protect against tasklist scan blind spot while the
+ * task is exiting and may be removed from the tasklist. See
+ * corresponding synchronize_srcu() for further details.
+ */
void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) __releases(&tasks_rcu_exit_srcu)
{
struct task_struct *t = current;
Make sure we don't need to look again into the depths of git blame in order not to miss a subtle part about how rcu-tasks is dealing with exiting tasks. Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <quic_neeraju@quicinc.com> Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> --- kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)