From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>,
kkd@meta.com, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add ABBCCA case for rqspinlock stress test
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:18:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251029181828.231529-3-memxor@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251029181828.231529-1-memxor@gmail.com>
Introduce a new mode for the rqspinlock stress test that exercises a
deadlock that won't be detected by the AA and ABBA checks, such that we
always reliably trigger the timeout fallback. We need 4 CPUs for this
particular case, as CPU 0 is untouched, and three participant CPUs for
triggering the ABBCCA case.
Refactor the lock acquisition paths in the module to better reflect the
three modes and choose the right lock depending on the context.
Also drop ABBA case from running by default as part of test progs, since
the stress test can consume a significant amount of time.
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Amery Hung <ameryhung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/res_spin_lock.c | 8 +-
.../bpf/test_kmods/bpf_test_rqspinlock.c | 85 ++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/res_spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/res_spin_lock.c
index 8c6c2043a432..f0a8c828f8f1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/res_spin_lock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/res_spin_lock.c
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ void serial_test_res_spin_lock_stress(void)
ASSERT_OK(load_module("bpf_test_rqspinlock.ko", false), "load module AA");
sleep(5);
unload_module("bpf_test_rqspinlock", false);
-
- ASSERT_OK(load_module_params("bpf_test_rqspinlock.ko", "test_ab=1", false), "load module ABBA");
- sleep(5);
- unload_module("bpf_test_rqspinlock", false);
+ /*
+ * Insert bpf_test_rqspinlock.ko manually with test_mode=[1|2] to test
+ * other cases (ABBA, ABBCCA).
+ */
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_test_rqspinlock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_test_rqspinlock.c
index 769206fc70e4..4cced4bb8af1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_test_rqspinlock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/bpf_test_rqspinlock.c
@@ -22,23 +22,61 @@ static struct perf_event_attr hw_attr = {
static rqspinlock_t lock_a;
static rqspinlock_t lock_b;
+static rqspinlock_t lock_c;
+
+enum rqsl_mode {
+ RQSL_MODE_AA = 0,
+ RQSL_MODE_ABBA,
+ RQSL_MODE_ABBCCA,
+};
+
+static int test_mode = RQSL_MODE_AA;
+module_param(test_mode, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_mode,
+ "rqspinlock test mode: 0 = AA, 1 = ABBA, 2 = ABBCCA");
static struct perf_event **rqsl_evts;
static int rqsl_nevts;
-static bool test_ab = false;
-module_param(test_ab, bool, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(test_ab, "Test ABBA situations instead of AA situations");
-
static struct task_struct **rqsl_threads;
static int rqsl_nthreads;
static atomic_t rqsl_ready_cpus = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
static int pause = 0;
-static bool nmi_locks_a(int cpu)
+static const char *rqsl_mode_names[] = {
+ [RQSL_MODE_AA] = "AA",
+ [RQSL_MODE_ABBA] = "ABBA",
+ [RQSL_MODE_ABBCCA] = "ABBCCA",
+};
+
+struct rqsl_lock_pair {
+ rqspinlock_t *worker_lock;
+ rqspinlock_t *nmi_lock;
+};
+
+static struct rqsl_lock_pair rqsl_get_lock_pair(int cpu)
{
- return (cpu & 1) && test_ab;
+ int mode = READ_ONCE(test_mode);
+
+ switch (mode) {
+ default:
+ case RQSL_MODE_AA:
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_a, &lock_a };
+ case RQSL_MODE_ABBA:
+ if (cpu & 1)
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_b, &lock_a };
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_a, &lock_b };
+ case RQSL_MODE_ABBCCA:
+ switch (cpu % 3) {
+ case 0:
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_a, &lock_b };
+ case 1:
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_b, &lock_c };
+ default:
+ return (struct rqsl_lock_pair){ &lock_c, &lock_a };
+ }
+ }
}
static int rqspinlock_worker_fn(void *arg)
@@ -51,19 +89,17 @@ static int rqspinlock_worker_fn(void *arg)
atomic_inc(&rqsl_ready_cpus);
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ struct rqsl_lock_pair locks = rqsl_get_lock_pair(cpu);
+ rqspinlock_t *worker_lock = locks.worker_lock;
+
if (READ_ONCE(pause)) {
msleep(1000);
continue;
}
- if (nmi_locks_a(cpu))
- ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock_b, flags);
- else
- ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock_a, flags);
+ ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(worker_lock, flags);
mdelay(20);
- if (nmi_locks_a(cpu) && !ret)
- raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock_b, flags);
- else if (!ret)
- raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock_a, flags);
+ if (!ret)
+ raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(worker_lock, flags);
cpu_relax();
}
return 0;
@@ -91,6 +127,7 @@ static int rqspinlock_worker_fn(void *arg)
static void nmi_cb(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
+ struct rqsl_lock_pair locks;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
unsigned long flags;
int ret;
@@ -98,17 +135,13 @@ static void nmi_cb(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_sample_data *data,
if (!cpu || READ_ONCE(pause))
return;
- if (nmi_locks_a(cpu))
- ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(&lock_a, flags);
- else
- ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(test_ab ? &lock_b : &lock_a, flags);
+ locks = rqsl_get_lock_pair(cpu);
+ ret = raw_res_spin_lock_irqsave(locks.nmi_lock, flags);
mdelay(10);
- if (nmi_locks_a(cpu) && !ret)
- raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lock_a, flags);
- else if (!ret)
- raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(test_ab ? &lock_b : &lock_a, flags);
+ if (!ret)
+ raw_res_spin_unlock_irqrestore(locks.nmi_lock, flags);
}
static void free_rqsl_threads(void)
@@ -142,13 +175,19 @@ static int bpf_test_rqspinlock_init(void)
int i, ret;
int ncpus = num_online_cpus();
- pr_err("Mode = %s\n", test_ab ? "ABBA" : "AA");
+ if (test_mode < RQSL_MODE_AA || test_mode > RQSL_MODE_ABBCCA) {
+ pr_err("Invalid mode %d\n", test_mode);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pr_err("Mode = %s\n", rqsl_mode_names[test_mode]);
if (ncpus < 3)
return -ENOTSUPP;
raw_res_spin_lock_init(&lock_a);
raw_res_spin_lock_init(&lock_b);
+ raw_res_spin_lock_init(&lock_c);
rqsl_evts = kcalloc(ncpus - 1, sizeof(*rqsl_evts), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rqsl_evts)
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-29 18:18 UTC|newest]
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2025-10-29 18:18 [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/2] Misc rqspinlock updates Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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