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seqlock, procfs: Match scoped_seqlock_read() critical section vs. RCU ordering in...
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 2 Dec 2025 09:05:10 +0000 (10:05 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 2 Dec 2025 10:21:07 +0000 (11:21 +0100)
commit24bc5ea5c01a7695a1308ac24435810855ec71c9
tree8e6a3a6188a6b98bd1e76ff3b978fa204c36703a
parent4a26e7032d7d57c998598c08a034872d6f0d3945
seqlock, procfs: Match scoped_seqlock_read() critical section vs. RCU ordering in do_task_stat() to do_io_accounting()

There's two patterns of taking the RCU read-lock and the
sig->stats_lock read-seqlock in do_task_stat() and
do_io_accounting(), with a different ordering:

# do_io_accounting():

guard(rcu)();
scoped_seqlock_read (&sig->stats_lock, ss_lock_irqsave) {

# do_task_stat():

scoped_seqlock_read (&sig->stats_lock, ss_lock_irqsave) {
...
rcu_read_lock();

The ordering is RCU-read+seqlock_read in the first
case, seqlock_read+RCU-read in the second case.

While technically these read locks can be taken in any order,
nevertheless it's good practice to use the more intrusive lock
on the inside (which is the IRQs-off section in this case),
and reduces head-scratching during review when done consistently,
so let's use the do_io_accounting() pattern in do_task_stat().

This will also reduce irqs-off latencies in do_task_stat() a tiny bit.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aS6rwnaPbHFCdHp1@gmail.com
fs/proc/array.c