rcu-tasks: *_ONCE() for rcu_tasks_cbs_head

The RCU tasks list of callbacks, rcu_tasks_cbs_head, is sampled locklessly
by rcu_tasks_kthread() when waiting for work to do.  This commit therefore
applies READ_ONCE() to that lockless sampling and WRITE_ONCE() to the
single potential store outside of rcu_tasks_kthread.

This data race was reported by KCSAN.  Not appropriate for backporting
due to failure being unlikely.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>

Author: paulmckrcu

kernel/rcu/update.c

@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func)
 	rhp->func = func;
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
 	needwake = !rcu_tasks_cbs_head;
-	*rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = rhp;
+	WRITE_ONCE(*rcu_tasks_cbs_tail, rhp);
 	rcu_tasks_cbs_tail = &rhp->next;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rcu_tasks_cbs_lock, flags);
 	/* We can't create the thread unless interrupts are enabled. */
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static int __noreturn rcu_tasks_kthread(void *arg)
 		/* If there were none, wait a bit and start over. */
 		if (!list) {
 			wait_event_interruptible(rcu_tasks_cbs_wq,
-						 rcu_tasks_cbs_head);
+						 READ_ONCE(rcu_tasks_cbs_head));
 			if (!rcu_tasks_cbs_head) {
 				WARN_ON(signal_pending(current));
 				schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ/10);