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Kernel test robot reported an "imbalanced put" in the rcuref_put() slow
path, which turned out to be a false positive. Consider the following race:
ref = 0 (via rcuref_init(ref, 1))
T1 T2
rcuref_put(ref)
-> atomic_add_negative_release(-1, ref) # ref -> 0xffffffff
-> rcuref_put_slowpath(ref)
rcuref_get(ref)
-> atomic_add_negative_relaxed(1, &ref->refcnt)
-> return true; # ref -> 0
rcuref_put(ref)
-> atomic_add_negative_release(-1, ref) # ref -> 0xffffffff
-> rcuref_put_slowpath()
-> cnt = atomic_read(&ref->refcnt); # cnt -> 0xffffffff / RCUREF_NOREF
-> atomic_try_cmpxchg_release(&ref->refcnt, &cnt, RCUREF_DEAD)) # ref -> 0xe0000000 / RCUREF_DEAD
-> return true
-> cnt = atomic_read(&ref->refcnt); # cnt -> 0xe0000000 / RCUREF_DEAD
-> if (cnt > RCUREF_RELEASED) # 0xe0000000 > 0xc0000000
-> WARN_ONCE(cnt >= RCUREF_RELEASED, "rcuref - imbalanced put()")
The problem is the additional read in the slow path (after it
decremented to RCUREF_NOREF) which can happen after the counter has been
marked RCUREF_DEAD.
Prevent this by reusing the return value of the decrement. Now every "final"
put uses RCUREF_NOREF in the slow path and attempts the final cmpxchg() to
RCUREF_DEAD.
[ bigeasy: Add changelog ]
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| init | ||
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| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
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| net | ||
| rust | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
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| .cocciconfig | ||
| .editorconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
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| .gitignore | ||
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| COPYING | ||
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| Kbuild | ||
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| MAINTAINERS | ||
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| README | ||
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