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[PATCH] add_timer -> mod_timer() in dst_run_gc() [message #5051] Wed, 09 August 2006 09:00 Go to next message
Kirill Korotaev is currently offline  Kirill Korotaev
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Registered: January 2006
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Patch from Dmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org>:
Replace add_timer() by mod_timer() in dst_run_gc
in order to avoid BUG message.

CPU1 CPU2
dst_run_gc() entered dst_run_gc() entered
spin_lock(&dst_lock) .....
del_timer(&dst_gc_timer) fail to get lock
.... mod_timer() <--- puts
timer back
to the list
add_timer(&dst_gc_timer) <--- BUG because timer is in list already.

Found during OpenVZ internal testing.

At first we thought that it is OpenVZ specific as we
added dst_run_gc(0) call in dst_dev_event(),
but as Alexey pointed to me it is possible to trigger
this condition in mainstream kernel.

F.e. timer has fired on CPU2, but the handler was preeempted
by an irq before dst_lock is tried.
Meanwhile, someone on CPU1 adds an entry to gc list and
starts the timer.
If CPU2 was preempted long enough, this timer can expire
simultaneously with resuming timer handler on CPU1, arriving
exactly to the situation described.

Signed-Off-By: Dmitry Mishin <dim@openvz.org>
Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
Signed-Off-By: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>


--- ./net/core/dst.c.dst 2006-05-19 13:12:34.000000000 +0400
+++ ./net/core/dst.c 2006-05-22 14:29:50.000000000 +0400
@@ -95,12 +95,11 @@ static void dst_run_gc(unsigned long dum
dst_gc_timer_inc = DST_GC_INC;
dst_gc_timer_expires = DST_GC_MIN;
}
- dst_gc_timer.expires = jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires;
#if RT_CACHE_DEBUG >= 2
printk("dst_total: %d/%d %ld\n",
atomic_read(&dst_total), delayed, dst_gc_timer_expires);
#endif
- add_timer(&dst_gc_timer);
+ mod_timer(&dst_gc_timer, jiffies + dst_gc_timer_expires);

out:
spin_unlock(&dst_lock);
Re: [PATCH] add_timer -> mod_timer() in dst_run_gc() [message #5054 is a reply to message #5051] Wed, 09 August 2006 09:26 Go to previous message
davem is currently offline  davem
Messages: 463
Registered: February 2006
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From: Kirill Korotaev <dev@openvz.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:01:32 +0400

> F.e. timer has fired on CPU2, but the handler was preeempted
> by an irq before dst_lock is tried.
> Meanwhile, someone on CPU1 adds an entry to gc list and
> starts the timer.
> If CPU2 was preempted long enough, this timer can expire
> simultaneously with resuming timer handler on CPU1, arriving
> exactly to the situation described.

Makes sense.

Patch applied, thanks.
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