From: Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@linux.dev>
To: syzbot+2642f347f7309b4880dc@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, hdanton@sina.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in exit_to_user_mode_loop
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:21:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260817072146.313493-1-junjie.cao@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6887ebf4.a00a0220.b12ec.00ae.GAE@google.com>
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git 24ef02f934eeb48830cff6b739abc3c62b1d107b
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 299234a5f0fe..7519bc5c1aff 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -259,6 +259,26 @@ static int length_to_duration(struct taprio_sched *q, int len)
return div_u64(len * atomic64_read(&q->picos_per_byte), PSEC_PER_NSEC);
}
+/* Software schedules service one hrtimer expiry per entry; intervals
+ * shorter than the expiry service cost rearm the timer with an expiry
+ * already in the past and storm the CPU. 100us leaves margin above the
+ * measured cost on debug configurations.
+ */
+#define TAPRIO_MIN_SW_INTERVAL_NS (100 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
+
+static s64 taprio_min_interval(struct taprio_sched *q)
+{
+ s64 min_interval = length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN);
+
+ /* Only pure software schedules arm the per-entry hrtimer. */
+ if (!FULL_OFFLOAD_IS_ENABLED(q->flags) &&
+ !TXTIME_ASSIST_IS_ENABLED(q->flags))
+ min_interval = max_t(s64, min_interval,
+ TAPRIO_MIN_SW_INTERVAL_NS);
+
+ return min_interval;
+}
+
static int duration_to_length(struct taprio_sched *q, u64 duration)
{
return div_u64(duration * PSEC_PER_NSEC, atomic64_read(&q->picos_per_byte));
@@ -915,6 +935,51 @@ static bool should_change_schedules(const struct sched_gate_list *admin,
return false;
}
+/* The operational schedule fell behind, e.g. because the timer was delayed
+ * or the reference clock stepped forward. Advancing one entry per timer
+ * expiry would replay the whole backlog from hrtimer context, so skip
+ * complete cycles arithmetically and walk the remaining entries to land on
+ * the entry covering the current time.
+ */
+static void taprio_catch_up(struct sched_gate_list *oper,
+ struct sched_entry **next, ktime_t *next_start,
+ ktime_t *end_time, ktime_t now)
+{
+ int budget = 2 * oper->num_entries + 1;
+ struct sched_entry *entry = *next;
+ ktime_t start = *next_start;
+ ktime_t end = *end_time;
+ s64 behind = ktime_sub(now, end);
+
+ if (oper->cycle_time > 0 && behind >= oper->cycle_time) {
+ s64 jump = div64_s64(behind, oper->cycle_time) * oper->cycle_time;
+
+ start = ktime_add_ns(start, jump);
+ end = ktime_add_ns(end, jump);
+ oper->cycle_end_time = ktime_add_ns(oper->cycle_end_time, jump);
+ }
+
+ while (ktime_before(end, now) && --budget) {
+ if (list_is_last(&entry->list, &oper->entries) ||
+ ktime_compare(end, oper->cycle_end_time) == 0) {
+ entry = list_first_entry(&oper->entries,
+ struct sched_entry, list);
+ oper->cycle_end_time = ktime_add_ns(oper->cycle_end_time,
+ oper->cycle_time);
+ } else {
+ entry = list_next_entry(entry, list);
+ }
+
+ start = end;
+ end = ktime_add_ns(end, entry->interval);
+ end = min_t(ktime_t, end, oper->cycle_end_time);
+ }
+
+ *next = entry;
+ *next_start = start;
+ *end_time = end;
+}
+
static enum hrtimer_restart advance_sched(struct hrtimer *timer)
{
struct taprio_sched *q = container_of(timer, struct taprio_sched,
@@ -924,7 +989,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart advance_sched(struct hrtimer *timer)
int num_tc = netdev_get_num_tc(dev);
struct sched_entry *entry, *next;
struct Qdisc *sch = q->root;
- ktime_t end_time;
+ ktime_t end_time, next_start, now;
int tc;
spin_lock(&q->current_entry_lock);
@@ -960,14 +1025,19 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart advance_sched(struct hrtimer *timer)
next = list_next_entry(entry, list);
}
- end_time = ktime_add_ns(entry->end_time, next->interval);
+ next_start = entry->end_time;
+ end_time = ktime_add_ns(next_start, next->interval);
end_time = min_t(ktime_t, end_time, oper->cycle_end_time);
+ now = taprio_get_time(q);
+ if (unlikely(ktime_before(end_time, now)))
+ taprio_catch_up(oper, &next, &next_start, &end_time, now);
+
for (tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
if (next->gate_duration[tc] == oper->cycle_time)
next->gate_close_time[tc] = KTIME_MAX;
else
- next->gate_close_time[tc] = ktime_add_ns(entry->end_time,
+ next->gate_close_time[tc] = ktime_add_ns(next_start,
next->gate_duration[tc]);
}
@@ -1038,7 +1108,7 @@ static int fill_sched_entry(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
struct sched_entry *entry,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- int min_duration = length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN);
+ s64 min_duration = taprio_min_interval(q);
u32 interval = 0;
if (tb[TCA_TAPRIO_SCHED_ENTRY_CMD])
@@ -1166,7 +1236,7 @@ static int parse_taprio_schedule(struct taprio_sched *q, struct nlattr **tb,
new->cycle_time = cycle;
}
- if (new->cycle_time < new->num_entries * length_to_duration(q, ETH_ZLEN)) {
+ if (new->cycle_time < (s64)new->num_entries * taprio_min_interval(q)) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "'cycle_time' is too small");
return -EINVAL;
}
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-21 15:44 [syzbot] [mm?] INFO: rcu detected stall in exit_to_user_mode_loop syzbot
2025-07-12 0:18 ` syzbot
2025-07-28 21:30 ` syzbot
2025-07-29 1:06 ` Hillf Danton
2025-07-29 4:47 ` syzbot
2026-08-17 7:21 ` Junjie Cao [this message]
2026-08-17 6:02 ` syzbot
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