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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: rcu@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 06/12] rcu: Add RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED for subsystems without expedited GPs
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:57:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731005732.3530999-6-paulmck@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58bcd561-0520-43ff-95b0-1ed10e1e3bff@paulmck-laptop>

From: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>

SRCU and Tasks RCU do not track expedited grace periods. When their
callback state is checked via poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full(), the
uninitialized or zeroed exp field could cause false-positive
completion detection.

This commit adds an RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED sentinel value (0x2) that
these subsystems can place into exp to indicate that expedited GP
tracking is not applicable. The expedited sequence check in
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() is guarded to skip entries marked with
this sentinel.

This is needed to allow rcu_segcblist_advance() and rcu_accelerate_cbs()
to work with both normal and expedited grace periods via
get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full().

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/rcu.h  | 13 +++++++++++--
 kernel/rcu/tree.c |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
index fa6d30ce73d1fd..0507bb7dac1218 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
@@ -46,16 +46,25 @@
  *					the number of pending readers that will use
  *					this inactive index is bounded).
  *
- * RCU polled GP special control value:
+ * RCU polled GP special control values:
  *
  *	RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED :	State value indicating an already-completed
  *					polled GP has completed.  This value covers
  *					both the state and the counter of the
  *					grace-period sequence number.
+ *
+ *	RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED :	State value indicating that a GP component
+ *					is not tracked by this subsystem and should
+ *					not be checked.  Used by SRCU and RCU Tasks
+ *					which do not track expedited GPs, to prevent
+ *					false-positive completion when their
+ *					gp_seq entries are checked via
+ *					poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full().
  */
 
-/* Low-order bit definition for polled grace-period APIs. */
+/* Low-order bit definitions for polled grace-period APIs. */
 #define RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED	0x1
+#define RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED	0x2
 
 /* A complete grace period count */
 #define RCU_SEQ_GP (RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK + 1)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 9ca811e534b5bf..640ebe055a2460 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3629,7 +3629,8 @@ bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full(struct rcu_gp_seq *gsp)
 	if (gsp->norm == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
 	    rcu_seq_done_exact(&rnp->gp_seq, gsp->norm) ||
 	    gsp->exp == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
-	    rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp)) {
+	    (gsp->exp != RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED &&
+	     rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp))) {
 		smp_mb(); /* Ensure GP ends before subsequent accesses. */
 		return true;
 	}
-- 
2.40.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31  0:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31  0:57 [PATCH 0/12] Expediting normal RCU callbacks Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 01/12] rcu: Remove unused rdp parameter from trace_rcu_this_gp() Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 02/12] rcu: Rename struct rcu_gp_oldstate to rcu_gp_seq Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 03/12] rcu/segcblist: Add SRCU and Tasks RCU wrapper functions Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 04/12] rcu/segcblist: Factor out rcu_segcblist_advance_compact() helper Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 05/12] rcu/segcblist: Track segment grace periods with struct rcu_gp_seq Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 07/12] rcu: Enable RCU callbacks to benefit from expedited grace periods Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 08/12] rcu: Update comments for gp_seq and expedited GP tracking Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 09/12] rcu: Wake NOCB rcuog kthreads on expedited grace period completion Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 10/12] rcu: Detect expedited grace period completion in rcu_pending() Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 11/12] rcu: Advance callbacks for expedited GP completion in rcu_core() Paul E. McKenney
2026-07-31  0:57 ` [PATCH RFC 12/12] rcuscale: Add concurrent expedited GP threads for callback scaling tests Paul E. McKenney

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