[PATCH v2 3/6] srcu: Make call_srcu() safe to call from any context
Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 06:53:26 -0700
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.linux-rt-devel,org.kernel.vger.bpf,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.rcu |
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call_srcu() has the same constraint as call_rcu(): its callback list and locks are only touched with interrupts disabled. srcu_gp_start_if_needed() enqueues under raw_spin_lock_irqsave() and may walk the srcu_node tree, as do callback invocation and grace-period work. A call_srcu() with interrupts disabled can race a list operation in flight on this CPU and corrupt the list or deadlock. call_rcu_tasks_trace() is call_srcu() under the hood, so a sleepable BPF program freeing an object can reach this. Defer as call_rcu() does: stage the callback on the srcu_data's ->defer_cbs, chain that srcu_data onto a per-CPU list, and raise a per-CPU irq_work that re-issues it straight to the enqueue helper, never back through __call_srcu(). The common path is unchanged and keeps interrupts enabled across srcu_gp_start_if_needed(). The irq_work is per-CPU rather than per-srcu_struct and statically initialized, so deferral never runs check_init_srcu_struct(); it is IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD as for call_rcu(). srcu_barrier() and cleanup_srcu_struct() flush it first, and rcutree_migrate_callbacks() calls srcu_offline_drain() for an outgoing CPU. ->lock is held across the drain so the drainers serialize. As in call_rcu(), the re-issue runs with interrupts disabled and can be re-entered by instrumentation, so a per-CPU flag drops a deferring call_srcu() seen mid-drain (unless from an NMI). Gated by CONFIG_RCU_DEFER. Under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU, warn if the direct path is reached from an NMI. Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <[email protected]> --- include/linux/srcutree.h | 4 ++ kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 3 + kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- kernel/rcu/tree.c | 2 + 4 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h index 75e54e4f963fa..1ce759fb70948 100644 --- a/include/linux/srcutree.h +++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ #include <linux/rcu_node_tree.h> #include <linux/completion.h> +#include <linux/irq_work_types.h> +#include <linux/llist.h> struct srcu_node; struct srcu_struct; @@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ struct srcu_data { bool srcu_cblist_invoking; /* Invoking these CBs? */ struct timer_list delay_work; /* Delay for CB invoking */ struct work_struct work; /* Context for CB invoking. */ + struct llist_head defer_cbs; /* Callbacks deferred on re-entry. */ + struct llist_node defer_link; /* Links onto the per-CPU deferral drain list */ struct rcu_head srcu_barrier_head; /* For srcu_barrier() use. */ struct rcu_head srcu_ec_head; /* For srcu_expedite_current() use. */ int srcu_ec_state; /* State for srcu_expedite_current(). */ diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h index f8add8f8eae15..ca05d48773c79 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h @@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ static inline bool should_rcu_defer(void) return irqs_disabled() && rcu_scheduler_active != RCU_SCHEDULER_INACTIVE; } +/* Drain an outgoing CPU's deferred SRCU callbacks; see rcutree_migrate_callbacks(). */ +void srcu_offline_drain(int cpu); + enum rcutorture_type { RCU_FLAVOR, RCU_TASKS_FLAVOR, diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c index 304112674e8a2..2669594a6402f 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ #include <linux/percpu.h> #include <linux/preempt.h> #include <linux/irq_work.h> +#include <linux/llist.h> #include <linux/rcupdate_wait.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/smp.h> @@ -79,6 +80,47 @@ static void process_srcu(struct work_struct *work); static void srcu_irq_work(struct irq_work *work); static void srcu_delay_timer(struct timer_list *t); +static void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *iw); + +/* + * Per-CPU call_srcu() deferral state, shared by every srcu_struct. A deferred + * callback is staged on its srcu_data's ->defer_cbs; that srcu_data is chained + * via ->defer_link onto ->list, which the irq_work walks. + */ +struct srcu_defer { + struct llist_head list; + struct irq_work iw; + raw_spinlock_t lock; +}; + +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct srcu_defer, srcu_defer) = { + .lock = __RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(srcu_defer.lock), + .iw = IRQ_WORK_INIT_HARD(srcu_defer_drain), +}; + +/* Set while srcu_defer_drain() re-issues, to catch a re-entrant call_srcu(). */ +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, srcu_defer_draining); + +/* + * Flush pending deferred callbacks so a following srcu_barrier() waits for them. + * Wait out an online CPU's irq_work; drain an offline CPU's list directly, as + * its irq_work may never run again. + */ +static void srcu_defer_flush(void) +{ + int cpu; + + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_DEFER)) + return; + + for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { + if (cpu_online(cpu)) + irq_work_sync(&per_cpu(srcu_defer, cpu).iw); + else + srcu_defer_drain(&per_cpu(srcu_defer, cpu).iw); + } +} + /* * Initialize SRCU per-CPU data. Note that statically allocated * srcu_struct structures might already have srcu_read_lock() and @@ -107,6 +149,11 @@ static void init_srcu_struct_data(struct srcu_struct *ssp) sdp->cpu = cpu; INIT_WORK(&sdp->work, srcu_invoke_callbacks); timer_setup(&sdp->delay_work, srcu_delay_timer, 0); + /* + * ->defer_cbs and ->defer_link are valid when zeroed and are not + * reinitialized here, lest we clobber callbacks a reentrant + * call_srcu() already staged. See __call_srcu(). + */ sdp->ssp = ssp; } } @@ -695,7 +742,12 @@ void cleanup_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp) return; /* Just leak it! */ if (WARN_ON(srcu_readers_active(ssp))) return; /* Just leak it! */ - /* Wait for irq_work to finish first as it may queue a new work. */ + /* + * Drain deferred callbacks before syncing ->irq_work: re-issuing one can + * start a grace period and re-queue ->irq_work, which then schedules + * ->work, so both must be waited out after the drain. + */ + srcu_defer_flush(); irq_work_sync(&sup->irq_work); flush_delayed_work(&sup->work); for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { @@ -1410,8 +1462,15 @@ static unsigned long srcu_gp_start_if_needed(struct srcu_struct *ssp, * srcu_read_lock(), and srcu_read_unlock() that are all passed the same * srcu_struct structure. */ -static void __call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, - rcu_callback_t func, bool do_norm) +/* + * The srcu_cblist and srcu_node tree are only accessed with interrupts disabled + * (srcu_gp_start_if_needed() enqueues under raw_spin_lock_irqsave() and may walk + * the tree). Like call_rcu(), __call_srcu() defers when interrupts are already + * disabled, so a re-entrant call_srcu() -- e.g. call_rcu_tasks_trace() from a + * BPF program -- cannot corrupt the list or deadlock. + */ +static void srcu_do_enqueue(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, + rcu_callback_t func, bool do_norm) { if (debug_rcu_head_queue(rhp)) { /* Probable double call_srcu(), so leak the callback. */ @@ -1423,6 +1482,81 @@ static void __call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, (void)srcu_gp_start_if_needed(ssp, rhp, do_norm); } +static void __call_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct rcu_head *rhp, + rcu_callback_t func, bool do_norm) +{ + if (should_rcu_defer()) { + struct srcu_data *sdp; + + /* + * Instrumentation on the enqueue path can re-enter here from + * inside srcu_defer_drain(). Re-queuing would livelock the + * drain, so drop the callback; an NMI cannot loop, so let it in. + */ + if (this_cpu_read(srcu_defer_draining) && !in_nmi()) { + WARN_ONCE(1, "call_srcu() re-entered during callback drain; leaking callback\n"); + return; + } + sdp = this_cpu_ptr(ssp->sda); + rhp->func = func; + if (llist_add((struct llist_node *)rhp, &sdp->defer_cbs)) { + /* First deferral on this srcu_data: chain it for the drain. */ + struct srcu_defer *sndp = this_cpu_ptr(&srcu_defer); + + sdp->ssp = ssp; + if (llist_add(&sdp->defer_link, &sndp->list)) + irq_work_queue(&sndp->iw); + } + return; + } + + /* An NMI reaching here entered with irqs enabled, so the enqueue can race. */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_RCU) && in_nmi()); + + srcu_do_enqueue(ssp, rhp, func, do_norm); +} + +/* + * Re-issue deferred callbacks straight to srcu_do_enqueue() so they cannot defer + * again. ->lock serializes the drainers: the irq_work, srcu_defer_flush() and + * srcu_offline_drain(). + */ +static void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *iw) +{ + struct srcu_defer *sndp = container_of(iw, struct srcu_defer, iw); + struct llist_node *snode, *snext; + unsigned long flags; + + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sndp->lock, flags); + this_cpu_write(srcu_defer_draining, true); + llist_for_each_safe(snode, snext, llist_del_all(&sndp->list)) { + struct srcu_data *sdp = container_of(snode, struct srcu_data, defer_link); + struct srcu_struct *ssp = sdp->ssp; + struct llist_node *cnode, *cnext; + + cnode = llist_del_all(&sdp->defer_cbs); + llist_for_each_safe(cnode, cnext, cnode) { + struct rcu_head *rhp = (struct rcu_head *)cnode; + + srcu_do_enqueue(ssp, rhp, rhp->func, true); + } + } + this_cpu_write(srcu_defer_draining, false); + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sndp->lock, flags); +} + +/* + * Drain @cpu's deferred call_srcu() callbacks from rcutree_migrate_callbacks() + * once @cpu is dead. One pass covers every srcu_struct, and the re-issue lands + * on the current CPU. + */ +void srcu_offline_drain(int cpu) +{ + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_DEFER)) + return; + srcu_defer_drain(&per_cpu(srcu_defer, cpu).iw); +} + /** * call_srcu() - Queue a callback for invocation after an SRCU grace period * @ssp: srcu_struct in queue the callback @@ -1677,9 +1811,17 @@ void srcu_barrier(struct srcu_struct *ssp) { int cpu; int idx; - unsigned long s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_barrier_seq); + unsigned long s; check_init_srcu_struct(ssp); + + /* + * Register any deferred callbacks before snapshotting the sequence. The + * shared irq_work may also drain other srcu_structs', which is harmless. + */ + srcu_defer_flush(); + + s = rcu_seq_snap(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_barrier_seq); mutex_lock(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_barrier_mutex); if (rcu_seq_done(&ssp->srcu_sup->srcu_barrier_seq, s)) { smp_mb(); /* Force ordering following return. */ diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c index 744a7cb60db4a..3f95c941ed977 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c @@ -4637,6 +4637,8 @@ void rcutree_migrate_callbacks(int cpu) * returns; the re-issue lands on this CPU. */ rcu_defer_drain(&rdp->defer_work); + /* Likewise for the outgoing CPU's deferred call_srcu() callbacks. */ + srcu_offline_drain(cpu); if (rcu_rdp_is_offloaded(rdp)) return; -- 2.53.0-Meta