[PATCH rcu 0/3] SRCU changes for v6.17

[PATCH rcu 0/3] SRCU changes for v6.17

[neeraj.upadhyay]

From: "Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD)" <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>

Hello,

This patch series contains following updates to the SRCU code (rebased
on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/neeraj.upadhyay/linux-rcu.git
rcutorture.07.07.2025:

Paul E. McKenney (3):
  srcu: Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods
  srcu: Remove SRCU-lite implementation
  checkpatch: Remove SRCU-lite deprecation

 include/linux/srcu.h     | 47 ++--------------------------------------
 include/linux/srcutiny.h |  3 ---
 include/linux/srcutree.h | 38 --------------------------------
 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c    |  2 ++
 scripts/checkpatch.pl    |  2 --
 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)

-- 
2.40.1

[PATCH rcu 1/3] srcu: Expedite SRCU-fast grace periods

[neeraj.upadhyay]

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

Currently, SRCU-fast grace periods use synchronize_rcu() to provide the
needed ordering with readers, even given an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period, which isn't all that expedited.  This commit therefore instead
uses synchronize_rcu_expedited() if there is an expedited SRCU-fast
grace period in flight.

Of course, given an non-expedited SRCU-fast grace period blocked in
synchronize_rcu(), a later request for an expedited SRCU-fast grace
period will wait for that synchronize_rcu() to return before switching
to use of synchronize_rcu_expedited().  If this turns out to be a real
problem for a production workload, we can increase the complexity (but
likely also degrade the energy efficiency) to speed things up further.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 48047260697e..c5e8ebc493d5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ static bool srcu_readers_active_idx_check(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx)
 	 */
 	if (!did_gp)
 		smp_mb(); /* A */
+	else if (srcu_gp_is_expedited(ssp))
+		synchronize_rcu_expedited(); /* X */
 	else
 		synchronize_rcu(); /* X */
 
-- 
2.40.1

[PATCH rcu 2/3] srcu: Remove SRCU-lite implementation

[neeraj.upadhyay]

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

This commit removes the SRCU-lite implementation, which has been replaced
by SRCU-fast.

Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/srcu.h     | 47 ++--------------------------------------
 include/linux/srcutiny.h |  3 ---
 include/linux/srcutree.h | 38 --------------------------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index c20dacb563e5..cf711a0f440b 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ int init_srcu_struct(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
 /* Values for SRCU Tree srcu_data ->srcu_reader_flavor, but also used by rcutorture. */
 #define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_NORMAL	0x1		// srcu_read_lock().
 #define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_NMI	0x2		// srcu_read_lock_nmisafe().
-#define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE	0x4		// srcu_read_lock_lite().
+//				0x4		// SRCU-lite is no longer with us.
 #define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST	0x8		// srcu_read_lock_fast().
 #define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_ALL   (SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_NORMAL | SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_NMI | \
 				SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST) // All of the above.
-#define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP	(SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE | SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST)
+#define SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_SLOWGP	SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST
 						// Flavors requiring synchronize_rcu()
 						// instead of smp_mb().
 void __srcu_read_unlock(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx) __releases(ssp);
@@ -299,33 +299,6 @@ static inline struct srcu_ctr __percpu *srcu_down_read_fast(struct srcu_struct *
 	return __srcu_read_lock_fast(ssp);
 }
 
-/**
- * srcu_read_lock_lite - register a new reader for an SRCU-protected structure.
- * @ssp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader.
- *
- * Enter an SRCU read-side critical section, but for a light-weight
- * smp_mb()-free reader.  See srcu_read_lock() for more information.
- *
- * If srcu_read_lock_lite() is ever used on an srcu_struct structure,
- * then none of the other flavors may be used, whether before, during,
- * or after.  Note that grace-period auto-expediting is disabled for _lite
- * srcu_struct structures because auto-expedited grace periods invoke
- * synchronize_rcu_expedited(), IPIs and all.
- *
- * Note that srcu_read_lock_lite() can be invoked only from those contexts
- * where RCU is watching, that is, from contexts where it would be legal
- * to invoke rcu_read_lock().  Otherwise, lockdep will complain.
- */
-static inline int srcu_read_lock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp) __acquires(ssp)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	srcu_check_read_flavor_force(ssp, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE);
-	retval = __srcu_read_lock_lite(ssp);
-	rcu_try_lock_acquire(&ssp->dep_map);
-	return retval;
-}
-
 /**
  * srcu_read_lock_nmisafe - register a new reader for an SRCU-protected structure.
  * @ssp: srcu_struct in which to register the new reader.
@@ -434,22 +407,6 @@ static inline void srcu_up_read_fast(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct srcu_ctr __
 	__srcu_read_unlock_fast(ssp, scp);
 }
 
-/**
- * srcu_read_unlock_lite - unregister a old reader from an SRCU-protected structure.
- * @ssp: srcu_struct in which to unregister the old reader.
- * @idx: return value from corresponding srcu_read_lock_lite().
- *
- * Exit a light-weight SRCU read-side critical section.
- */
-static inline void srcu_read_unlock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx)
-	__releases(ssp)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(idx & ~0x1);
-	srcu_check_read_flavor(ssp, SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_LITE);
-	srcu_lock_release(&ssp->dep_map);
-	__srcu_read_unlock_lite(ssp, idx);
-}
-
 /**
  * srcu_read_unlock_nmisafe - unregister a old reader from an SRCU-protected structure.
  * @ssp: srcu_struct in which to unregister the old reader.
diff --git a/include/linux/srcutiny.h b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
index 380260317d98..51ce25f07930 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ static inline void __srcu_read_unlock_fast(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct srcu_
 	__srcu_read_unlock(ssp, __srcu_ptr_to_ctr(ssp, scp));
 }
 
-#define __srcu_read_lock_lite __srcu_read_lock
-#define __srcu_read_unlock_lite __srcu_read_unlock
-
 static inline void synchronize_srcu_expedited(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
 {
 	synchronize_srcu(ssp);
diff --git a/include/linux/srcutree.h b/include/linux/srcutree.h
index 8bed7e6cc4c1..bf44d8d1e69e 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutree.h
@@ -278,44 +278,6 @@ static inline void __srcu_read_unlock_fast(struct srcu_struct *ssp, struct srcu_
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "RCU must be watching srcu_read_unlock_fast().");
 }
 
-/*
- * Counts the new reader in the appropriate per-CPU element of the
- * srcu_struct.  Returns an index that must be passed to the matching
- * srcu_read_unlock_lite().
- *
- * Note that this_cpu_inc() is an RCU read-side critical section either
- * because it disables interrupts, because it is a single instruction,
- * or because it is a read-modify-write atomic operation, depending on
- * the whims of the architecture.
- */
-static inline int __srcu_read_lock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
-{
-	struct srcu_ctr __percpu *scp = READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_ctrp);
-
-	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "RCU must be watching srcu_read_lock_lite().");
-	this_cpu_inc(scp->srcu_locks.counter); /* Y */
-	barrier(); /* Avoid leaking the critical section. */
-	return __srcu_ptr_to_ctr(ssp, scp);
-}
-
-/*
- * Removes the count for the old reader from the appropriate
- * per-CPU element of the srcu_struct.  Note that this may well be a
- * different CPU than that which was incremented by the corresponding
- * srcu_read_lock_lite(), but it must be within the same task.
- *
- * Note that this_cpu_inc() is an RCU read-side critical section either
- * because it disables interrupts, because it is a single instruction,
- * or because it is a read-modify-write atomic operation, depending on
- * the whims of the architecture.
- */
-static inline void __srcu_read_unlock_lite(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int idx)
-{
-	barrier();  /* Avoid leaking the critical section. */
-	this_cpu_inc(__srcu_ctr_to_ptr(ssp, idx)->srcu_unlocks.counter);  /* Z */
-	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "RCU must be watching srcu_read_unlock_lite().");
-}
-
 void __srcu_check_read_flavor(struct srcu_struct *ssp, int read_flavor);
 
 // Record reader usage even for CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=n kernels.  This is
-- 
2.40.1

[PATCH rcu 3/3] checkpatch: Remove SRCU-lite deprecation

[neeraj.upadhyay]

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>

Now that SRCU-lite has been removed from the kernel, let's remove the
now-redundant deprecation from checkpatch.pl.

Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 664f7b7a622c..867c7b6fd839 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -857,8 +857,6 @@ our %deprecated_apis = (
 	"kunmap"				=> "kunmap_local",
 	"kmap_atomic"				=> "kmap_local_page",
 	"kunmap_atomic"				=> "kunmap_local",
-	"srcu_read_lock_lite"			=> "srcu_read_lock_fast",
-	"srcu_read_unlock_lite"			=> "srcu_read_unlock_fast",
 );
 
 #Create a search pattern for all these strings to speed up a loop below
-- 
2.40.1