From: Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@kernel.org>, "Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
"Waiman Long" <longman@redhat.com>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Alice Ryhl" <aliceryhl@google.com>,
"Lyude Paul" <lyude@redhat.com>,
"Daniel Almeida" <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>,
"Onur Özkan" <work@onurozkan.dev>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org,
"Shrikanth Hegde" <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
"Madhavan Srinivasan" <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 11/18] preempt: Introduce HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 00:02:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807070218.27144-12-boqun@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260807070218.27144-1-boqun@kernel.org>
With the changes that enable preempt count to track IRQ disabling
nesting, we don't have enough bits in 32-bit preempt count
implementation, as a result we move NMI nesting bits out of the 32-bit
preempt count. However on the architectures that can support 64-bit
preempt count implementation, we can keep the NMI nesting bits in the
32-bit preempt count and avoid maintaining NMI nesting bits outside of
the same cache line.
Therefore HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS is introduced to allow
architectures to select this. Note that under this Kconfig, preempt
count is maintained in a 64-bit word however preempt_count() still
remains as an int because all the effective bits still fit in
(previously we mask out NEED_RESCHED bit in preempt_count()). This
should make no functional changes for existing preempt_count() users.
Enable this for x86_64 along with the introduction of the Kconfig.
[boqun: Undo the __preempt_count_{add,sub}() optimization in 32-bit
preempt count since it may introduce {over,under}flow]
[boqun: Address the feedback from Shrikanth]
Originally-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h | 55 +++++++++++++------
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +-
include/linux/hardirq.h | 47 +++++++++++-----
include/linux/preempt.h | 23 +++++++-
kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 4 ++
kernel/sched/core.c | 12 +++-
kernel/softirq.c | 6 ++
.../testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h | 2 +-
9 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index bdad90f210e4..6a7067d20a6a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ config X86
select USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
select HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN if X86_64
select PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS if PROC_FS
+ select HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS if X86_64 && PREEMPT_COUNT
select HAVE_ARCH_NODE_DEV_GROUP if X86_SGX
select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_16B if X86_64 || X86_ALIGNMENT_16
select FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT_4B
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
index 1220656f3370..022838589d2a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@
#include <linux/static_call_types.h>
-DECLARE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(int, __preempt_count);
+DECLARE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(unsigned long, __preempt_count);
-/* We use the MSB mostly because its available */
-#define PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED 0x80000000
+/*
+ * We use the MSB for PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED mostly because it is available.
+ */
+#define PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED (~(((unsigned long)-1L) >> 1))
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
+#define __pc_dec "decq"
+#define __pc_op(op, ...) raw_cpu_##op##_8(__VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define __pc_dec "decl"
+#define __pc_op(op, ...) raw_cpu_##op##_4(__VA_ARGS__)
+#endif
/*
* We use the PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED bit as an inverted NEED_RESCHED such
@@ -24,18 +34,26 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(int, __preempt_count);
*/
static __always_inline int preempt_count(void)
{
- return raw_cpu_read_4(__preempt_count) & ~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED;
+ return __pc_op(read, __preempt_count) & ~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED;
}
-static __always_inline void preempt_count_set(int pc)
+/*
+ * unsigned long preempt count parameter works for both 32bit and 64bit cases:
+ *
+ * - For 32bit, "int" (the return of preempt_count()) and "unsigned long" have
+ * the same size.
+ * - For 64bit, the effective bits of a preempt count sits in 32bit, and we
+ * preserve the NEED_RESCHED bit from the old count.
+ */
+static __always_inline void preempt_count_set(unsigned long pc)
{
- int old, new;
+ unsigned long old, new;
- old = raw_cpu_read_4(__preempt_count);
+ old = __pc_op(read, __preempt_count);
do {
new = (old & PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED) |
(pc & ~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
- } while (!raw_cpu_try_cmpxchg_4(__preempt_count, &old, new));
+ } while (!__pc_op(try_cmpxchg, __preempt_count, &old, new));
}
/*
@@ -58,17 +76,17 @@ static __always_inline void preempt_count_set(int pc)
static __always_inline void set_preempt_need_resched(void)
{
- raw_cpu_and_4(__preempt_count, ~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
+ __pc_op(and, __preempt_count, ~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
}
static __always_inline void clear_preempt_need_resched(void)
{
- raw_cpu_or_4(__preempt_count, PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
+ __pc_op(or, __preempt_count, PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
}
static __always_inline bool test_preempt_need_resched(void)
{
- return !(raw_cpu_read_4(__preempt_count) & PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
+ return !(__pc_op(read, __preempt_count) & PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED);
}
/*
@@ -77,22 +95,22 @@ static __always_inline bool test_preempt_need_resched(void)
static __always_inline void __preempt_count_add(int val)
{
- raw_cpu_add_4(__preempt_count, val);
+ __pc_op(add, __preempt_count, val);
}
static __always_inline void __preempt_count_sub(int val)
{
- raw_cpu_add_4(__preempt_count, -val);
+ __pc_op(add, __preempt_count, -val);
}
static __always_inline int __preempt_count_add_return(int val)
{
- return raw_cpu_add_return_4(__preempt_count, val);
+ return __pc_op(add_return, __preempt_count, val);
}
static __always_inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
{
- return raw_cpu_add_return_4(__preempt_count, -val);
+ return __pc_op(add_return, __preempt_count, -val);
}
/*
@@ -102,7 +120,7 @@ static __always_inline int __preempt_count_sub_return(int val)
*/
static __always_inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
{
- return GEN_UNARY_RMWcc("decl", __my_cpu_var(__preempt_count), e,
+ return GEN_UNARY_RMWcc(__pc_dec, __my_cpu_var(__preempt_count), e,
__percpu_arg([var]));
}
@@ -111,7 +129,7 @@ static __always_inline bool __preempt_count_dec_and_test(void)
*/
static __always_inline bool should_resched(int preempt_offset)
{
- return unlikely(raw_cpu_read_4(__preempt_count) == preempt_offset);
+ return unlikely(__pc_op(read, __preempt_count) == preempt_offset);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
@@ -158,4 +176,7 @@ do { \
#endif /* PREEMPTION */
+#undef __pc_op
+#undef __pc_dec
+
#endif /* __ASM_PREEMPT_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index a3df21d26460..73a6d9f6a78e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(const_current_task);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(int, __preempt_count) = INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(unsigned long, __preempt_count) = INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(__preempt_count);
DEFINE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(unsigned long, cpu_current_top_of_stack) = TOP_OF_INIT_STACK;
diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index 8d4895531a45..860895a7f4e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
#include <linux/vtime.h>
#include <asm/hardirq.h>
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
-
extern void synchronize_irq(unsigned int irq);
extern bool synchronize_hardirq(unsigned int irq);
@@ -94,6 +92,37 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
#define arch_nmi_exit() do { } while (0)
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
+static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_enter(void)
+{
+ __preempt_count_add(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void __preempt_count_nmi_exit(void)
+{
+ __preempt_count_sub(NMI_OFFSET + HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
+}
+#else
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
+
+#define __preempt_count_nmi_enter() \
+ do { \
+ __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ /* NMI nesting is represented in 4 bits. */ \
+ BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
+ __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
+ preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#define __preempt_count_nmi_exit() \
+ do { \
+ __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
+ if (!__this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting)) \
+ preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
+ } while (0)
+
+#endif
+
/*
* NMI vs Tracing
* --------------
@@ -110,18 +139,14 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
do { \
lockdep_off(); \
arch_nmi_enter(); \
- /* Maximum NMI nesting is 15. */ \
- BUG_ON(__this_cpu_read(nmi_nesting) >= 15); \
- __this_cpu_inc(nmi_nesting); \
- __preempt_count_add(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
- preempt_count_set(preempt_count() | NMI_MASK); \
+ __preempt_count_nmi_enter(); \
} while (0)
#define nmi_enter() \
do { \
__nmi_enter(); \
lockdep_hardirq_enter(); \
- ct_nmi_enter(); \
+ ct_nmi_enter(); \
instrumentation_begin(); \
ftrace_nmi_enter(); \
instrumentation_end(); \
@@ -129,12 +154,8 @@ void irq_exit_rcu(void);
#define __nmi_exit() \
do { \
- unsigned int nesting; \
BUG_ON(!in_nmi()); \
- __preempt_count_sub(HARDIRQ_OFFSET); \
- nesting = __this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_nesting); \
- if (!nesting) \
- preempt_count_set(preempt_count() & ~NMI_MASK); \
+ __preempt_count_nmi_exit(); \
arch_nmi_exit(); \
lockdep_on(); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index 33fc4c814a9f..8299657f0f86 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -34,14 +34,31 @@
* SOFTIRQ_MASK: 0x0000ff00
* HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK: 0x00ff0000
* HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x0f000000
+ *
+ * When HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS=y, PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED is put in a
+ * separate word and that allows 64bit load-store architectures to 'set'
+ * PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED without messing up the otherwise symmetric
+ * modifications used on preempt_count and still load the whole thing
+ * (single-copy) atomically, without having to resort to full atomic
+ * operations.
+ *
+ * Because of the above, NMI_MASK bits are different depending on
+ * HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS:
+ *
+ * - HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS=n:
+ *
* NMI_MASK: 0x10000000
* PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED: 0x80000000
+ *
+ * - HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS=y:
+ * NMI_MASK: 0xf0000000
+ * (PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED is in a different word)
*/
#define PREEMPT_BITS 8
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
-#define NMI_BITS 1
+#define NMI_BITS (1 + 3*IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS))
#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
@@ -116,8 +133,8 @@ static __always_inline unsigned char interrupt_context_level(void)
* preempt_count() is commonly implemented with READ_ONCE().
*/
-#define nmi_count() (preempt_count() & NMI_MASK)
-#define hardirq_count() (preempt_count() & HARDIRQ_MASK)
+#define nmi_count() (preempt_count() & NMI_MASK)
+#define hardirq_count() (preempt_count() & HARDIRQ_MASK)
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
# define softirq_count() (current->softirq_disable_cnt & SOFTIRQ_MASK)
# define irq_count() ((preempt_count() & (NMI_MASK | HARDIRQ_MASK)) | softirq_count())
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index 88c594c6d7fc..35f546a042b1 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ config PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK
config PREEMPT_COUNT
bool
+config HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
+ bool
+ depends on PREEMPT_COUNT && 64BIT
+
config PREEMPTION
bool
select PREEMPT_COUNT
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9b3f1764fa9e..6d88343c3bad 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5973,8 +5973,13 @@ void preempt_count_add(int val)
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
/*
* Underflow?
+ *
+ * Cannot detect underflow based on the current preempt_count() value
+ * if using HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS because preempt count takes all 32
+ * bits.
*/
- if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON((preempt_count() < 0)))
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS) &&
+ DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON((preempt_count() < 0)))
return;
#endif
__preempt_count_add(val);
@@ -6006,7 +6011,10 @@ void preempt_count_sub(int val)
/*
* Underflow?
*/
- if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(val > preempt_count()))
+ unsigned int uval = val;
+ unsigned int pc = preempt_count();
+
+ if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(pc - uval > pc))
return;
/*
* Is the spinlock portion underflowing?
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 0c9b2269a8d6..7980a4a232f9 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ void _local_interrupt_enable(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(_local_interrupt_enable);
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
+/*
+ * Any 32bit architecture that still cares about performance should
+ * probably ensure this is near preempt_count.
+ */
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, nmi_nesting);
+#endif
/*
* SOFTIRQ_OFFSET usage:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
index 0159a3d365c8..56520d551abd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ extern int bpf_cgroup_read_xattr(struct cgroup *cgroup, const char *name__str,
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
-#define NMI_BITS 1
+#define NMI_BITS (1 + 3*IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS))
#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 7:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 7:01 [PATCH v5 00/18] Refcounted interrupt disable and SpinLockIrq for Rust Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 01/18] preempt: Track NMI nesting to separate per-CPU counter Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:01 ` [PATCH v5 02/18] preempt: Introduce HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 03/18] preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub,add}_return() Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 04/18] openrisc: Include <linux/cpumask.h> in smp.h Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 05/18] irq & spin_lock: Add counted interrupt disabling/enabling Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 06/18] irq: Add KUnit test for refcounted interrupt enable/disable Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 07/18] irq: Add max local_interrupt_disable() nesting level kunit test case Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 08/18] locking: Switch to _irq_{disable,enable}() variants in cleanup guards Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 09/18] sched: Remove the unused preempt_offset parameter of __cant_sleep() Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 10/18] sched: Avoid signed comparison of preempt_count() in __cant_migrate() Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` Boqun Feng [this message]
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 12/18] arm64: sched/preempt: Enable HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 13/18] s390/preempt: " Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 14/18] rust: Introduce interrupt module Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 15/18] rust: helper: Add spin_{un,}lock_irq_{enable,disable}() helpers Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 16/18] rust: sync: Use super::* in spinlock.rs Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 17/18] rust: sync: Add SpinLockIrq Boqun Feng
2026-08-07 7:02 ` [PATCH v5 18/18] rust: sync: Introduce SpinLockIrq::lock_with() and friends Boqun Feng
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