Le Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 05:27:37PM -0800, Boqun Feng a écrit : > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@kernel.org> > > Holding a mutex across synchronize_rcu_tasks() and acquiring > that same mutex in code called from do_exit() after its call to > exit_tasks_rcu_start() but before its call to exit_tasks_rcu_stop() > results in deadlock. This is by design, because tasks that are far > enough into do_exit() are no longer present on the tasks list, making > it a bit difficult for RCU Tasks to find them, let alone wait on them > to do a voluntary context switch. However, such deadlocks are becoming > more frequent. In addition, lockdep currently does not detect such > deadlocks and they can be difficult to reproduce. > > In addition, if a task voluntarily context switches during that time > (for example, if it blocks acquiring a mutex), then this task is in an > RCU Tasks quiescent state. And with some adjustments, RCU Tasks could > just as well take advantage of that fact. > > This commit therefore adds the data structures that will be needed > to rely on these quiescent states and to eliminate these deadlocks. > > Link: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240118021842.290665-1-chenzhong...@huawei.com/ > > Reported-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhong...@huawei.com> > Reported-by: Yang Jihong <yangjiho...@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@kernel.org> > Tested-by: Yang Jihong <yangjiho...@huawei.com> > Tested-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhong...@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.f...@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frede...@kernel.org>
