tree 70a002fed2e0471def01ea3c166137449cb1527d
parent 281d150c5f8892f158747594ab49ce2823fd8b8c
author Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1257198748 -0800
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1257822714 +0100

rcu: Fix synchronization for rcu_process_gp_end() uses of ->completed counter

Impose a clear locking design on the rcu_process_gp_end()
function's use of the ->completed counter.  This is done by
creating a ->completed field in the rcu_node structure, which
can safely be accessed under the protection of that structure's
lock.  Performance and scalability are maintained by using a
form of double-checked locking, so that rcu_process_gp_end()
only acquires the leaf rcu_node structure's ->lock if a grace
period has recently ended.

This fix reduces rcutorture failure rate by at least two orders
of magnitude under heavy stress with force_quiescent_state()
being invoked artificially often.  Without this fix,
unsynchronized access to the ->completed field can cause
rcu_process_gp_end() to advance callbacks whose grace period has
not yet expired.  (Bad idea!)

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
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Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>