Commit 2fcfe59
sched_ext: Use WRITE_ONCE() for the write side of scx_enable helper pointer
scx_enable() uses double-checked locking to lazily initialize a static
kthread_worker pointer. The fast path reads helper locklessly:
if (!READ_ONCE(helper)) { // lockless read -- no helper_mutex
The write side initializes helper under helper_mutex, but previously
used a plain assignment:
helper = kthread_run_worker(0, "scx_enable_helper");
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
plain write -- KCSAN data race with READ_ONCE() above
Since READ_ONCE() on the fast path and the plain write on the
initialization path access the same variable without a common lock,
they constitute a data race. KCSAN requires that all sides of a
lock-free access use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() consistently.
Use a temporary variable to stage the result of kthread_run_worker(),
and only WRITE_ONCE() into helper after confirming the pointer is
valid. This avoids a window where a concurrent caller on the fast path
could observe an ERR pointer via READ_ONCE(helper) before the error
check completes.
Fixes: b06ccba ("sched_ext: Fix starvation of scx_enable() under fair-class saturation")
Signed-off-by: zhidao su <suzhidao@xiaomi.com>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <arighi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>1 parent 57ccf5c commit 2fcfe59
1 file changed
Lines changed: 5 additions & 4 deletions
| Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
5258 | 5258 | | |
5259 | 5259 | | |
5260 | 5260 | | |
5261 | | - | |
5262 | | - | |
5263 | | - | |
| 5261 | + | |
| 5262 | + | |
| 5263 | + | |
5264 | 5264 | | |
5265 | 5265 | | |
5266 | 5266 | | |
5267 | | - | |
| 5267 | + | |
| 5268 | + | |
5268 | 5269 | | |
5269 | 5270 | | |
5270 | 5271 | | |
| |||
0 commit comments