On 4/17/2018 3:18 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 03:05:03PM +0530, Gaurav Kohli wrote:
During percpu_counter destroy, debug_object_free is calling
twice which may create race. So removing once instance of call
from debug_percpu_counter_deactivate.
I don't quite follow. Can you please elaborate how it can be called
twice?
Hi Tejun,
In percpu_counter_fixup_free function, first call is percpu_counter_destroy ->
debug_percpu_counter_deactivate (this will set inactive and free the debug object as
well for percpu counter) -> free_percpu (finally freeing the counters).
Below is the code snippet:
case DEBUG_STATE_ACTIVE:
percpu_counter_destroy(fbc); -> first call
debug_object_free(fbc, &percpu_counter_debug_descr); -> this
will again call the same debug object free, if somehow counters will reinitialize
between these two calls.
We are seeing one race condition issue where one object of db list is corrupted
and just before object of that corrupted node is percpu_counter, Still i am not
sure the reason of race as it is very
difficult to reproduce. But i have found this during code review. Please
correct me, if i misunderstood this.
Thanks.
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