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Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 15/16] barrier: timeout validity checks for smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout()
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:16:53 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e142ed0cf28a0bf221e04841e070eb7249ed50a2c68707f191cf19bd73f326bd@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831202251.305046-16-ankur.a.arora@oracle.com>
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> diff --git a/lib/tests/barrier-timeout-test.c b/lib/tests/barrier-timeout-test.c
> index 60f121fe5472..16a39f1076e2 100644
> --- a/lib/tests/barrier-timeout-test.c
> +++ b/lib/tests/barrier-timeout-test.c
[ ... ]
> +static const struct smp_cond_expiry_params expiry_params_list[] = {
> + /* timeout_ns is invalid/out-of-range */
> + { .clk_unit = 0, .timeout_ns = -1LL, .miniters = -1, .maxiters = 0, .desc = "invalid (-1LL)", },
> + { .clk_unit = 0, .timeout_ns = ~0ULL, .miniters = -1, .maxiters = 0, .desc = "invalid (~0ULL)", },
> + { .clk_unit = 0, .timeout_ns = S64_MAX+1ULL, .miniters = -1, .maxiters = 0, .desc = "out-of-range (S64_MAX+1)", },
> + { .clk_unit = 0, .timeout_ns = U64_MAX, .miniters = -1, .maxiters = 0, .desc = "out-of-range (U64_MAX)", },
> + { .clk_unit = 0, .timeout_ns = 0, .miniters = -1, .maxiters = 1, .desc = "degenerate (0)", },
> +
> + /* timeout_ns is valid */
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 28), .timeout_ns = 1, .miniters = 1, .maxiters = -1, .desc = "1", },
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 28), .timeout_ns = (0x1ULL << 30), .miniters = 1 << (30-28), .maxiters = -1, .desc = "1<<30", },
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 28), .timeout_ns = S32_MAX, .miniters = 1 << (31-28), .maxiters = -1, .desc = "S32_MAX", },
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 28), .timeout_ns = U32_MAX, .miniters = 1 << (32-28), .maxiters = -1, .desc = "U32_MAX", },
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 28), .timeout_ns = (0x1ULL << 33), .miniters = 1 << (33-28), .maxiters = -1, .desc = "1<<33", },
> + { .clk_unit = (0x1ULL << 58), .timeout_ns = S64_MAX, .miniters = 1 << (63-58), .maxiters = -1, .desc = "S64_MAX", },
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +};
Can the last row actually test timeout expiry? The synthetic clock overflows
before the deadline can be reached.
synthetic_clock() advances by clk_unit per evaluation:
clk->end_time += clk->extra;
clk->niters++;
return clk->end_time;
With clk_unit = 1<<58 and timeout_ns = S64_MAX, the deadline computed in
include/asm-generic/barrier.h becomes __scl_time_end = 2^58 + S64_MAX, which
needs the clock to reach 33 * 2^58 to expire. But the 32nd evaluation already
yields 32 * 2^58 == 2^63, which is S64_MIN as an s64, so the very next check
in __smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() breaks on the failure arm:
if (__scl_time_now <= 0 || __scl_timeout <= 0) {
VAL = READ_ONCE(*__PTR);
break;
}
So niters == 32 exactly and the break is 'time_expr_ns returned a negative
value' rather than 'timeout expired'. .miniters = 1 << (63-58) == 32 makes
KUNIT_EXPECT_GE(test, clk.niters, 32) pass by exactly zero margin, but this
doesn't distinguish an implementation that honours the timeout from one that
bails out early on clock failure.
> +static void test_smp_cond_relaxed(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + const struct smp_cond_expiry_params *p = test->param_value;
> + struct clock_state clk = {
> + .start_time = 0,
> + .end_time = 0,
> + .extra = p->clk_unit,
> + .niters = 0,
> + };
> + s64 runtime;
^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> + flag = 0;
> + smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout(&flag,
> + 0,
> + synthetic_clock(&clk),
> + p->timeout_ns);
> +
> + runtime = (u64)clk.end_time - (u64)clk.start_time;
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
runtime is declared s64 but assigned an unsigned expression. For the S64_MAX
row this stores 2^63, which is a negative s64. The following check only passes
because typeof(right) is u64, which converts runtime back to unsigned:
if (p->maxiters != 0)
KUNIT_EXPECT_GE(test, runtime, p->timeout_ns);
Would declaring runtime as u64 (matching the casts on both operands) be
clearer?
[ ... ]
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 20:22 [PATCH v15 00/16] barrier: Add smp_cond_load_{relaxed,acquire}_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 01/16] asm-generic: barrier: Add smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 02/16] arm64: barrier: Support smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 03/16] arm64/delay: move, fixup usecs_to_cycles() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 04/16] arm64: support WFET in smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:16 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 05/16] arm64: rqspinlock: Remove private copy of smp_cond_load_acquire_timewait() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 06/16] asm-generic: barrier: Add smp_cond_load_acquire_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:17 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 07/16] atomic: Add atomic_cond_read_*_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:16 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 08/16] locking/atomic: scripts: build atomic_long_cond_read_*_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 09/16] bpf/rqspinlock: switch check_timeout() to a clock interface Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:16 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 10/16] bpf/rqspinlock: Use smp_cond_load_acquire_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:31 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 11/16] sched: add need-resched timed wait interface Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 12/16] cpuidle/poll_state: Wait for need-resched via tif_need_resched_relaxed_wait() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 13/16] arm64/delay: enable testing smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:16 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 14/16] barrier: add tests for smp_cond_load_*_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:17 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 15/16] barrier: timeout validity checks for smp_cond_load_relaxed_timeout() Ankur Arora
2026-08-31 21:16 ` bot+bpf-ci [this message]
2026-08-31 20:22 ` [PATCH v15 16/16] barrier: timeout validity checks for smp_cond_load_acquire_timeout() Ankur Arora
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