rcu: Avoid rcu_print_detail_task_stall_rnp() segfault
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:00:11 +0000 (16:00 -0700)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:42:50 +0000 (07:42 -0700)
commit5fd4dc068c4ded1339180dbcd1a99e15b1c0a728
tree89e0113e51e255dac69a726ada08044d461a0c18
parent115f7a7ca0d412aab81acaaaa95eb1ab1c622e2f
rcu: Avoid rcu_print_detail_task_stall_rnp() segfault

The rcu_print_detail_task_stall_rnp() function invokes
rcu_preempt_blocked_readers_cgp() to verify that there are some preempted
RCU readers blocking the current grace period outside of the protection
of the rcu_node structure's ->lock.  This means that the last blocked
reader might exit its RCU read-side critical section and remove itself
from the ->blkd_tasks list before the ->lock is acquired, resulting in
a segmentation fault when the subsequent code attempts to dereference
the now-NULL gp_tasks pointer.

This commit therefore moves the test under the lock.  This will not
have measurable effect on lock contention because this code is invoked
only when printing RCU CPU stall warnings, in other words, in the common
case, never.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
kernel/rcutree_plugin.h