From: "Harry Yoo (Oracle)" <harry@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@gmail.com>,
"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>,
Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>, Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
rcu@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] mm/slab: make kfree_rcu_nolock() work with sheaves
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:10:19 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416091022.36823-6-harry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260416091022.36823-1-harry@kernel.org>
Teach kfree_rcu_sheaf() how to handle the !allow_spin case. Similar to
__pcs_replace_full_main(), try to get an empty sheaf from pcs->spare or
the barn, but don't add !allow_spin support for alloc_empty_sheaf() and
fail early instead.
Since call_rcu() does not support NMI contexts, kfree_rcu_sheaf() fails
when the rcu sheaf becomes full.
Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo (Oracle) <harry@kernel.org>
---
mm/slab.h | 2 +-
mm/slab_common.c | 7 +++----
mm/slub.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index ae2e990e8dc2..d7fd7626e9fe 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static inline bool is_kmalloc_normal(struct kmem_cache *s)
return !(s->flags & (SLAB_CACHE_DMA|SLAB_ACCOUNT|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT));
}
-bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj);
+bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj, bool allow_spin);
void flush_all_rcu_sheaves(void);
void flush_rcu_sheaves_on_cache(struct kmem_cache *s);
void defer_kvfree_rcu_barrier(void);
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index e840956233dd..46a2bee1662b 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ static void kfree_rcu_work(struct work_struct *work)
kvfree_rcu_list(head);
}
-static bool kfree_rcu_sheaf(void *obj)
+static bool kfree_rcu_sheaf(void *obj, bool allow_spin)
{
struct kmem_cache *s;
struct slab *slab;
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ static bool kfree_rcu_sheaf(void *obj)
s = slab->slab_cache;
if (likely(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA) || slab_nid(slab) == numa_mem_id()))
- return __kfree_rcu_sheaf(s, obj);
+ return __kfree_rcu_sheaf(s, obj, allow_spin);
return false;
}
@@ -2111,8 +2111,7 @@ void kvfree_call_rcu_ptr(struct rcu_ptr *head, void *ptr, bool allow_spin)
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK)))
goto defer_free;
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) &&
- (allow_spin && kfree_rcu_sheaf(ptr)))
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && kfree_rcu_sheaf(ptr, allow_spin))
return;
// Queue the object but don't yet schedule the batch.
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 6f658ec00751..d0db8d070570 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5895,7 +5895,7 @@ static void rcu_free_sheaf(struct rcu_head *head)
*/
static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(kfree_rcu_sheaf_map, LD_WAIT_CONFIG);
-bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj)
+bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj, bool allow_spin)
{
struct slub_percpu_sheaves *pcs;
struct slab_sheaf *rcu_sheaf;
@@ -5933,7 +5933,7 @@ bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj)
goto fail;
}
- empty = barn_get_empty_sheaf(barn, true);
+ empty = barn_get_empty_sheaf(barn, allow_spin);
if (empty) {
pcs->rcu_free = empty;
@@ -5942,6 +5942,10 @@ bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj)
local_unlock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);
+ /* It's easier to fall back than trying harder with !allow_spin */
+ if (!allow_spin)
+ goto fail;
+
empty = alloc_empty_sheaf(s, GFP_NOWAIT);
if (!empty)
@@ -5973,6 +5977,12 @@ bool __kfree_rcu_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, void *obj)
if (likely(rcu_sheaf->size < s->sheaf_capacity)) {
rcu_sheaf = NULL;
} else {
+ if (unlikely(!allow_spin)) {
+ /* call_rcu() cannot be called in an unknown context */
+ rcu_sheaf->size--;
+ local_unlock(&s->cpu_sheaves->lock);
+ goto fail;
+ }
pcs->rcu_free = NULL;
rcu_sheaf->node = numa_node_id();
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-16 9:10 [RFC PATCH v2 0/8] kvfree_rcu() improvements Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 1/8] mm/slab: introduce k[v]free_rcu() with struct rcu_ptr Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 2/8] fs/dcache: use rcu_ptr instead of rcu_head for external names Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 3/8] mm/slab: move kfree_rcu_cpu[_work] definitions Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 4/8] mm/slab: introduce kfree_rcu_nolock() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` Harry Yoo (Oracle) [this message]
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 6/8] mm/slab: wrap rcu sheaf handling with ifdef Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 7/8] mm/slab: introduce deferred submission of rcu sheaves Harry Yoo (Oracle)
2026-04-16 9:10 ` [PATCH 8/8] lib/tests/slub_kunit: add a test case for kfree_rcu_nolock() Harry Yoo (Oracle)
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