From: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
To: "Lai Jiangshan" <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
"Josh Triplett" <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
"Frederic Weisbecker" <frederic@kernel.org>,
"Neeraj Upadhyay" <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>,
"Joel Fernandes" <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
"Uladzislau Rezki" <urezki@gmail.com>,
"Davidlohr Bueso" <dave@stgolabs.net>,
"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
"Eduard Zingerman" <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
"Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi" <memxor@gmail.com>
Cc: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
Matt Fleming <mfleming@cloudflare.com>,
"Harry Yoo (Oracle)" <harry@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] srcu: Make call_srcu() safe to call from any context
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 06:53:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803135329.2327280-3-puranjay@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803134839.2103051-1-puranjay@kernel.org>
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 <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@kernel.org>
---
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;
--
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2026-08-03 13:48 [PATCH v2 0/6] rcu,srcu: Make call_rcu()/call_srcu() safe from any context Puranjay Mohan
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2026-08-03 13:53 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] rcutorture: Exercise ->call() from NMI context Puranjay Mohan
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