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
next prev 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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