rcutorture: Delay-based false positives for RCU priority boosting tests

If an rcu_torture_boost() kthread determines that its grace period
has not yet ended, it invokes rcu_torture_boost_failed() which checks
whether enough time has elapsed for this to be considered a failure of
RCU priority boosting, and, if so, flags the error.

Unfortunately, that kthread might be preempted for some seconds between
the time that it checks the grace period and the time that it checks the
time.  This delay can result in a false positive, featuring a complaint
that a particular grace period has not ended, followed by a diagnostic
dump featuring a much later grace period.

This commit avoids these false positives by rechecking for the end of
the grace period after the time check.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 06d08f4f3e523bb0be7f804477635fc1c23ff230..3defd0febe155791ab5a5803580ec38f0464f9df 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -921,6 +921,10 @@ static bool rcu_torture_boost_failed(unsigned long gp_state, unsigned long start
        static int dbg_done;
 
        if (end - start > test_boost_duration * HZ - HZ / 2) {
+               // Recheck after checking time to avoid false positives.
+               smp_mb(); // Time check before grace-period check.
+               if (cur_ops->poll_gp_state(gp_state))
+                       return false; // passed, though perhaps just barely
                VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_boost boosting failed");
                n_rcu_torture_boost_failure++;
                if (!xchg(&dbg_done, 1) && cur_ops->gp_kthread_dbg) {
@@ -929,10 +933,10 @@ static bool rcu_torture_boost_failed(unsigned long gp_state, unsigned long start
                        cur_ops->gp_kthread_dbg();
                }
 
-               return true; /* failed */
+               return true; // failed
        }
 
-       return false; /* passed */
+       return false; // passed
 }
 
 static int rcu_torture_boost(void *arg)