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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
To: jbaron@redhat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: racy jump label users
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:55:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130322195551.GQ19692@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)

Jason,

I noticed that a lot of the jump label users are racy,
because they implement something like this

static void sched_feat_disable(int i)
{
        if (static_key_enabled(&sched_feat_keys[i]))
                static_key_slow_dec(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
}

static void sched_feat_enable(int i)
{
        if (!static_key_enabled(&sched_feat_keys[i]))
                static_key_slow_inc(&sched_feat_keys[i]);
}

with no extra locking, controlled by sysfs. If two
CPUs do this in parallel the reference can be set multiple
times, which gives very unexpected semantics for a sysfs boolean.

Most likely you need a static_key_slow_setstate()
that does the check and set inside the jump label lock.

I understand that for inside kernel use reference
counts are the right semantics, but they are not so
good for sysfs interfaces.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

             reply	other threads:[~2013-03-22 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-22 19:55 Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-04-18 18:26 ` Jason Baron

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