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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c, branch v6.17-rc3</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>srcu: Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods</title>
<updated>2025-07-16T04:20:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-03T20:49:53+00:00</published>
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Currently, SRCU-fast grace periods use synchronize_rcu() to provide the
needed ordering with readers, even given an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period, which isn't all that expedited.  This commit therefore instead
uses synchronize_rcu_expedited() if there is an expedited SRCU-fast
grace period in flight.

Of course, given an non-expedited SRCU-fast grace period blocked in
synchronize_rcu(), a later request for an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period will wait for that synchronize_rcu() to return before switching
to use of synchronize_rcu_expedited().  If this turns out to be a real
problem for a production workload, we can increase the complexity (but
likely also degrade the energy efficiency) to speed things up further.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) &lt;neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, SRCU-fast grace periods use synchronize_rcu() to provide the
needed ordering with readers, even given an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period, which isn't all that expedited.  This commit therefore instead
uses synchronize_rcu_expedited() if there is an expedited SRCU-fast
grace period in flight.

Of course, given an non-expedited SRCU-fast grace period blocked in
synchronize_rcu(), a later request for an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period will wait for that synchronize_rcu() to return before switching
to use of synchronize_rcu_expedited().  If this turns out to be a real
problem for a production workload, we can increase the complexity (but
likely also degrade the energy efficiency) to speed things up further.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) &lt;neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Use rcu_seq_done_exact() for polling API</title>
<updated>2025-04-08T18:55:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Fernandes</name>
<email>joelagnelf@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-02-13T16:47:27+00:00</published>
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poll_state_synchronize_srcu() uses rcu_seq_done() unlike
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() which uses rcu_seq_done_exact().

The  rcu_seq_done_exact() makes more sense for polling API, as with
this API, there is a higher chance that there is a significant delay
between the get_state..() and poll_state..() calls since a cookie
can be stored and reused at a later time. During such a delay, if
the gp_seq counter progresses more than ULONG_MAX/2 distance, then
poll_state..() may return false for a long time unwantedly.

Fix by using the more accurate rcu_seq_done_exact() API which is
exactly what straight RCU's polling does.

It may make sense, as future work, to add debug code here as well, where
we compare a physical timestamp between get_state..() and poll_state()
calls and yell if significant time has past but the grace period has
still not progressed.

Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes &lt;joelagnelf@nvidia.com&gt;
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poll_state_synchronize_srcu() uses rcu_seq_done() unlike
poll_state_synchronize_rcu() which uses rcu_seq_done_exact().

The  rcu_seq_done_exact() makes more sense for polling API, as with
this API, there is a higher chance that there is a significant delay
between the get_state..() and poll_state..() calls since a cookie
can be stored and reused at a later time. During such a delay, if
the gp_seq counter progresses more than ULONG_MAX/2 distance, then
poll_state..() may return false for a long time unwantedly.

Fix by using the more accurate rcu_seq_done_exact() API which is
exactly what straight RCU's polling does.

It may make sense, as future work, to add debug code here as well, where
we compare a physical timestamp between get_state..() and poll_state()
calls and yell if significant time has past but the grace period has
still not progressed.

Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay &lt;Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes &lt;joelagnelf@nvidia.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()</title>
<updated>2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-05T08:17:26+00:00</published>
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timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'docs.2025.02.04a', 'lazypreempt.2025.03.04a', 'misc.2025.03.04a', 'srcu.2025.02.05a' and 'torture.2025.02.05a'</title>
<updated>2025-03-05T02:47:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Boqun Feng</name>
<email>boqun.feng@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-05T02:47:32+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>srcu: Pull integer-to-pointer conversion into __srcu_ctr_to_ptr()</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-08T23:27:24+00:00</published>
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This commit abstracts the srcu_read_unlock*() integer-to-pointer
conversion into a new __srcu_ctr_to_ptr().  This will be used
in rcutorture for testing an srcu_read_unlock_fast() that avoids
array-indexing overhead by taking a pointer rather than an integer.

[ paulmck: Apply kernel test robot feedback. ]

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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This commit abstracts the srcu_read_unlock*() integer-to-pointer
conversion into a new __srcu_ctr_to_ptr().  This will be used
in rcutorture for testing an srcu_read_unlock_fast() that avoids
array-indexing overhead by taking a pointer rather than an integer.

[ paulmck: Apply kernel test robot feedback. ]

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Pull pointer-to-integer conversion into __srcu_ptr_to_ctr()</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-08T22:31:27+00:00</published>
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This commit abstracts the srcu_read_lock*() pointer-to-integer conversion
into a new __srcu_ptr_to_ctr().  This will be used in rcutorture for
testing an srcu_read_lock_fast() that returns a pointer rather than
an integer.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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This commit abstracts the srcu_read_lock*() pointer-to-integer conversion
into a new __srcu_ptr_to_ctr().  This will be used in rcutorture for
testing an srcu_read_lock_fast() that returns a pointer rather than
an integer.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Add SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP to flag need for synchronize_rcu()</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-08T14:48:15+00:00</published>
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This commit switches from a direct test of SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE to a new
SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP macro to check for substituting synchronize_rcu()
for smp_mb() in SRCU grace periods.  Right now, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP
is exactly SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE, but the addition of the _fast() flavor
of SRCU will change that.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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This commit switches from a direct test of SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE to a new
SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP macro to check for substituting synchronize_rcu()
for smp_mb() in SRCU grace periods.  Right now, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP
is exactly SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE, but the addition of the _fast() flavor
of SRCU will change that.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Force synchronization for srcu_get_delay()</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-04T01:04:49+00:00</published>
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Currently, srcu_get_delay() can be called concurrently, for example,
by a CPU that is the first to request a new grace period and the CPU
processing the current grace period.  Although concurrent access is
harmless, it unnecessarily expands the state space.  Additionally,
all calls to srcu_get_delay() are from slow paths.

This commit therefore protects all calls to srcu_get_delay() with
ssp-&gt;srcu_sup-&gt;lock, which is already held on the invocation from the
srcu_funnel_gp_start() function.  While in the area, this commit also
adds a lockdep_assert_held() to srcu_get_delay() itself.

Reported-by: syzbot+16a19b06125a2963eaee@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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Currently, srcu_get_delay() can be called concurrently, for example,
by a CPU that is the first to request a new grace period and the CPU
processing the current grace period.  Although concurrent access is
harmless, it unnecessarily expands the state space.  Additionally,
all calls to srcu_get_delay() are from slow paths.

This commit therefore protects all calls to srcu_get_delay() with
ssp-&gt;srcu_sup-&gt;lock, which is already held on the invocation from the
srcu_funnel_gp_start() function.  While in the area, this commit also
adds a lockdep_assert_held() to srcu_get_delay() itself.

Reported-by: syzbot+16a19b06125a2963eaee@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Make Tree SRCU updates independent of -&gt;srcu_idx</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-20T00:32:12+00:00</published>
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This commit makes Tree SRCU updates independent of -&gt;srcu_idx, then
drop -&gt;srcu_idx.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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This commit makes Tree SRCU updates independent of -&gt;srcu_idx, then
drop -&gt;srcu_idx.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>srcu: Make SRCU readers use -&gt;srcu_ctrs for counter selection</title>
<updated>2025-02-05T15:12:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-20T00:08:54+00:00</published>
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This commit causes SRCU readers to use -&gt;srcu_ctrs for counter
selection instead of -&gt;srcu_idx.  This takes another step towards
array-indexing-free SRCU readers.

[ paulmck: Apply kernel test robot feedback. ]

Co-developed-by: Z qiang &lt;qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Z qiang &lt;qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
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This commit causes SRCU readers to use -&gt;srcu_ctrs for counter
selection instead of -&gt;srcu_idx.  This takes another step towards
array-indexing-free SRCU readers.

[ paulmck: Apply kernel test robot feedback. ]

Co-developed-by: Z qiang &lt;qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Z qiang &lt;qiang.zhang1211@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Kent Overstreet &lt;kent.overstreet@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: &lt;bpf@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
</pre>
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