rcu: Need to update rnp->gpnum if preemptable RCU is to be reliable

Without this patch, tasks preempted in RCU read-side critical
sections can fail to block the grace period, given that
rnp->gpnum is used to determine which rnp->blocked_tasks[]
element the preempted task is enqueued on.

Before the patch, rnp->gpnum is always zero, so preempted tasks
are always enqueued on rnp->blocked_tasks[0], which is correct
only when the current CPU has not checked into the current
grace period and the grace-period number is even, or,
similarly, if the current CPU -has- checked into the current
grace period and the grace-period number is odd.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josht@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
LKML-Reference: <12524504771622-git-send-email->
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 6b11b07cfe7f..c634a92d1217 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
         /* Special-case the common single-level case. */
         if (NUM_RCU_NODES == 1) {
                 rnp->qsmask = rnp->qsmaskinit;
+                rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
                 rsp->signaled = RCU_SIGNAL_INIT; /* force_quiescent_state OK. */
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rnp->lock, flags);
                 return;
@@ -657,8 +658,10 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
          */
 
         rnp_end = rsp->level[NUM_RCU_LVLS - 1];
-        for (rnp_cur = &rsp->node[0]; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++)
+        for (rnp_cur = &rsp->node[0]; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++) {
                 rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
+                rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
+        }
 
         /*
          * Now set up the leaf nodes.  Here we must be careful.  First,
@@ -679,6 +682,7 @@ rcu_start_gp(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long flags)
         for (; rnp_cur < rnp_end; rnp_cur++) {
                 spin_lock(&rnp_cur->lock);      /* irqs already disabled. */
                 rnp_cur->qsmask = rnp_cur->qsmaskinit;
+                rnp->gpnum = rsp->gpnum;
                 spin_unlock(&rnp_cur->lock);    /* irqs already disabled. */
         }