From: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: jiangshanlai@gmail.com, josh@joshtriplett.org,
work@onurozkan.dev, rostedt@goodmis.org,
mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, rcu@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, brads@mainlining.org
Subject: [PATCH] srcutiny: Add reader flavor checking for atomic SRCU
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:43:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260913134301.7236-1-brads@mainlining.org> (raw)
Tiny SRCU stubs out srcu_check_read_flavor() as a nop. So if you
DEFINE_SRCU_ATOMIC() a struct and then call srcu_read_lock() on it
by mistake, nothing warns you. Tree SRCU has
__srcu_check_read_flavor() which splats when the flavor changes.
Add a srcu_reader_flavor field to Tiny's srcu_struct, gated on
CONFIG_PROVE_RCU. DEFINE_SRCU_ATOMIC() bakes in the flavor at
build time via __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_ATOMIC(), and the runtime init
paths set it too.
The check itself is simple: warn if the flavor changes after first
use. Tiny is UP so there is no race on first write, no cmpxchg
needed.
This catches the case where a normal reader sneaks into an atomic
domain. synchronize_srcu_atomic() would then return early while
that reader is still in its section, which is a UAF waiting to
happen.
Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <brads@mainlining.org>
---
include/linux/srcu.h | 4 ++--
include/linux/srcutiny.h | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index 1a8a465a5650..649a44d1cd00 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ static inline int __init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
int __init_srcu_struct_fast(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key);
int __init_srcu_struct_fast_updown(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
struct lock_class_key *key);
+#endif // #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_SRCU
int __init_srcu_struct_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
struct lock_class_key *key);
-#endif // #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_SRCU
#define init_srcu_struct_fast(ssp) \
({ \
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ static inline int __init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
#ifndef CONFIG_TINY_SRCU
int init_srcu_struct_fast(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
int init_srcu_struct_fast_updown(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
-int init_srcu_struct_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
#endif // #ifndef CONFIG_TINY_SRCU
+int init_srcu_struct_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
#define __SRCU_DEP_MAP_INIT(srcu_name)
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
diff --git a/include/linux/srcutiny.h b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
index 47a368f945e3..6b14511d09f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ struct srcu_struct {
u8 srcu_gp_running; /* GP workqueue running? */
u8 srcu_gp_waiting; /* GP waiting for readers? */
u8 srcu_atomic_gp_flag; /* Serialize atomic GP work.*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+ u8 srcu_reader_flavor; /* Reader flavor for srcu_struct? */
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
unsigned long srcu_idx; /* Current reader array element in bit 0x2. */
unsigned long srcu_idx_max; /* Furthest future srcu_idx request. */
struct swait_queue_head srcu_wq;
@@ -39,6 +42,12 @@ void srcu_drive_gp(struct work_struct *wp);
void srcu_tiny_irq_work(struct irq_work *irq_work);
void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *irq_work);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+#define __SRCU_READER_FLAVOR_INIT .srcu_reader_flavor = SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_ATOMIC,
+#else
+#define __SRCU_READER_FLAVOR_INIT
+#endif
+
#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, __ignored, ___ignored, ____ignored) \
{ \
.srcu_wq = __SWAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(name.srcu_wq), \
@@ -51,6 +60,19 @@ void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *irq_work);
__SRCU_DEP_MAP_INIT(name) \
}
+#define __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_ATOMIC(name) \
+{ \
+ .srcu_wq = __SWAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(name.srcu_wq), \
+ .srcu_cb_tail = &name.srcu_cb_head, \
+ .srcu_work = __WORK_INITIALIZER(name.srcu_work, srcu_drive_gp), \
+ .srcu_irq_work = { .func = srcu_tiny_irq_work }, \
+ .defer_cbs = LLIST_HEAD_INIT(name.defer_cbs), \
+ .defer_iw = { .node = { .u_flags = IRQ_WORK_HARD_IRQ }, \
+ .func = srcu_defer_drain }, \
+ __SRCU_READER_FLAVOR_INIT \
+ __SRCU_DEP_MAP_INIT(name) \
+}
+
/*
* This odd _STATIC_ arrangement is needed for API compatibility with
* Tree SRCU, which needs some per-CPU data.
@@ -65,20 +87,19 @@ void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *irq_work);
#define DEFINE_SRCU_FAST_UPDOWN(name) DEFINE_SRCU(name)
#define DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST_UPDOWN(name) \
static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, name, name, name)
-#define DEFINE_SRCU_ATOMIC(name) DEFINE_SRCU(name)
+#define DEFINE_SRCU_ATOMIC(name) \
+ struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_ATOMIC(name)
#define DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_ATOMIC(name) \
- static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, name, name, name)
+ static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT_ATOMIC(name)
// Dummy structure for srcu_notifier_head.
struct srcu_usage { };
#define __SRCU_USAGE_INIT(name) { }
#define __init_srcu_struct_fast __init_srcu_struct
#define __init_srcu_struct_fast_updown __init_srcu_struct
-#define __init_srcu_struct_atomic __init_srcu_struct
#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
#define init_srcu_struct_fast init_srcu_struct
#define init_srcu_struct_fast_updown init_srcu_struct
-#define init_srcu_struct_atomic init_srcu_struct
#endif // #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
@@ -147,7 +168,17 @@ static inline void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
void srcu_barrier(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
static inline void srcu_expedite_current(struct srcu_struct *ssp) { }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+void __srcu_check_read_flavor(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int read_flavor);
+
+static inline void srcu_check_read_flavor(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int read_flavor)
+{
+ __srcu_check_read_flavor(ssp, read_flavor);
+}
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
#define srcu_check_read_flavor(ssp, read_flavor) do { } while (0)
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
/* Defined here to avoid size increase for non-torture kernels. */
static inline void srcu_torture_stats_print(struct srcu_struct *ssp,
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
index 76411562366f..76a276de07ee 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ static int init_srcu_struct_fields(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
return 0;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+int __init_srcu_struct_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
+ struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+ ssp->srcu_reader_flavor = SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_ATOMIC;
+ return __init_srcu_struct(ssp, name, key);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__init_srcu_struct_atomic);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+int init_srcu_struct_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
+{
+ ssp->srcu_reader_flavor = SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_ATOMIC;
+ return init_srcu_struct_generic(ssp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_srcu_struct_atomic);
+#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC */
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
int init_srcu_struct_lockdep(struct srcu_struct *ssp, const char *name,
@@ -212,6 +231,23 @@ void srcu_tiny_irq_work(struct irq_work *irq_work)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(srcu_tiny_irq_work);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU
+/*
+ * Check for consistent reader flavor. Tiny SRCU is UP only, so no
+ * cmpxchg is needed to set the flavor on first use.
+ */
+void __srcu_check_read_flavor(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int read_flavor)
+{
+ int old_read_flavor = ssp->srcu_reader_flavor;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(read_flavor & (read_flavor - 1));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(old_read_flavor && read_flavor != old_read_flavor);
+ if (!old_read_flavor)
+ ssp->srcu_reader_flavor = read_flavor;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__srcu_check_read_flavor);
+#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
+
static void srcu_gp_start_if_needed(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
{
unsigned long cookie;
--
2.47.3
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