Re: [Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] sched.h: Annotate sighand_struct with __rcu
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Date: 2020-01-23 16:41:10
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 08:23:05PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik10@gmail.com wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <redacted> This patch fixes the following sparse errors by annotating the sighand_struct with __rcu kernel/fork.c:1511:9: error: incompatible types in comparison expression kernel/exit.c:100:19: error: incompatible types in comparison expression kernel/signal.c:1370:27: error: incompatible types in comparison expression This fix introduces the following sparse error in signal.c due to checking the sighand pointer without rcu primitives: kernel/signal.c:1386:21: error: incompatible types in comparison expression This new sparse error is also addressed in this patch. Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <redacted> --- include/linux/sched.h | 2 +- kernel/signal.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index b511e178a89f..7a351360ad54 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ struct task_struct { /* Signal handlers: */ struct signal_struct *signal; - struct sighand_struct *sighand; + struct sighand_struct __rcu *sighand; sigset_t blocked; sigset_t real_blocked; /* Restored if set_restore_sigmask() was used: */diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c index bcd46f547db3..1272def37462 100644 --- a/kernel/signal.c +++ b/kernel/signal.c@@ -1383,7 +1383,8 @@ struct sighand_struct *__lock_task_sighand(struct task_struct *tsk, * must see ->sighand == NULL. */ spin_lock_irqsave(&sighand->siglock, *flags); - if (likely(sighand == tsk->sighand)) + if (likely(sighand == rcu_dereference_protected(tsk->sighand, + lockdep_is_held(&sighand->siglock))))
Given that the return value is never dereferenced, you can use rcu_access_pointer(), which may be used outside of an RCU read-side critical section, and thus does not need the lockdep_is_held(). So this change would save a line of code and would be a bit easier on the eyes. Thanx, Paul
break; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, *flags); } -- 2.17.1
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