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modules: use raw_cpu_write for initialization of per cpu refcount.
authorChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Thu, 6 Mar 2014 00:05:20 +0000 (11:05 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Thu, 6 Mar 2014 07:13:31 +0000 (18:13 +1100)
The initialization of a structure is not subject to synchronization.  The
use of __this_cpu would trigger a false positive with the additional
preemption checks for __this_cpu ops.

So simply disable the check through the use of raw_cpu ops.

Trace:

[    0.668066] __this_cpu_write operation in preemptible [00000000] code: modprobe/286
[    0.668108] caller is __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x38/0x60
[    0.668111] CPU: 3 PID: 286 Comm: modprobe Tainted: GF            3.12.0-rc4+ #187
[    0.668112] Hardware name: FUJITSU CELSIUS W530 Power/D3227-A1, BIOS V4.6.5.4 R1.10.0 for D3227-A1x 09/16/2013
[    0.668113]  0000000000000003 ffff8807edda1d18 ffffffff816d5a57 ffff8807edda1fd8
[    0.668117]  ffff8807edda1d48 ffffffff8137359c ffff8807edda1ef8 ffffffffa0002178
[    0.668121]  ffffc90000067730 ffff8807edda1e48 ffff8807edda1d88 ffffffff813735f8
[    0.668124] Call Trace:
[    0.668129]  [<ffffffff816d5a57>] dump_stack+0x4e/0x82
[    0.668132]  [<ffffffff8137359c>] check_preemption_disabled+0xec/0x110
[    0.668135]  [<ffffffff813735f8>] __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x38/0x60
[    0.668139]  [<ffffffff810c24fd>] load_module+0xcfd/0x2650
[    0.668143]  [<ffffffff816dd922>] ? page_fault+0x22/0x30
[    0.668146]  [<ffffffff810c3ef6>] SyS_init_module+0xa6/0xd0
[    0.668150]  [<ffffffff816e4fd3>] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/module.c

index eb2732cd963606e1b22a78b69f646c4b24c488e5..3dd7f690d38f10c782b57b9f8bd8d57464472b8e 100644 (file)
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static int module_unload_init(struct module *mod)
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mod->target_list);
 
        /* Hold reference count during initialization. */
-       __this_cpu_write(mod->refptr->incs, 1);
+       raw_cpu_write(mod->refptr->incs, 1);
 
        return 0;
 }