Commit 5a562b8b authored by Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)'s avatar Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) Committed by Boqun Feng
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rcu: Use _full() API to debug synchronize_rcu()



Switch for using of get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() pair to debug a normal
synchronize_rcu() call.

Just using "not" full APIs to identify if a grace period is
passed or not might lead to a false-positive kernel splat.

It can happen, because get_state_synchronize_rcu() compresses
both normal and expedited states into one single unsigned long
value, so a poll_state_synchronize_rcu() can miss GP-completion
when synchronize_rcu()/synchronize_rcu_expedited() concurrently
run.

To address this, switch to poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and
get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() APIs, which use separate variables
for expedited and normal states.

Reported-by: default avatarcheung wall <zzqq0103.hey@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z5ikQeVmVdsWQrdD@pc636/T/


Fixes: 988f569a ("rcu: Reduce synchronize_rcu() latency")
Signed-off-by: default avatarUladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227131613.52683-3-urezki@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarBoqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
parent a6cea395
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