Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] rcu: Use _full() API to debug synchronize_rcu()

[Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>]

Hello, Boqun!

> Hi Ulad,
> 
> I put these three patches into next (and misc.2025.02.27a) for some
> testing, hopefully it all goes well and they can make it v6.15.
> 
> A few tag changed below:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 02:16:13PM +0100, Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) wrote:
> > Switch for using of get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and
> > poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() pair to debug a normal
> > synchronize_rcu() call.
> > 
> > Just using "not" full APIs to identify if a grace period is
> > passed or not might lead to a false-positive kernel splat.
> > 
> > It can happen, because get_state_synchronize_rcu() compresses
> > both normal and expedited states into one single unsigned long
> > value, so a poll_state_synchronize_rcu() can miss GP-completion
> > when synchronize_rcu()/synchronize_rcu_expedited() concurrently
> > run.
> > 
> > To address this, switch to poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and
> > get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() APIs, which use separate variables
> > for expedited and normal states.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Z5ikQeVmVdsWQrdD@pc636/T/
> 
> I switch this into "Closes:" per checkpatch.
> 
Thanks!

> > Fixes: 988f569ae041 ("rcu: Reduce synchronize_rcu() latency")
> > Reported-by: cheung wall <zzqq0103.hey@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
> 
> You seem to forget add Paul's Reviewed-by, so I add it in rcu/next.
> Would you or Paul double-check the Reviewed-by should be here?
> 
Probably. But i do not remember that i got a review from Paul. Might
be wrong and have missed that :)

Anyway, thank you for adding.

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Uladzislau Rezki