From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y] srcu: Add list_splice_init_srcu()
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 14:43:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114194327.449275-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109201944-failed-6.1-d06917d0ba22@kernel.org>
From: Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
[ Upstream commit d06917d0ba226206dbd606330d73a8eb1e3029c1 ]
list_splice_init_rcu() makes a list look empty to new readers, waits for
the current ones with the given sync function, and only then links the
entries into the new list. The sync function takes no argument, so it
can wait for RCU readers but not for the readers of an srcu_struct.
Passing synchronize_rcu() for a list read under SRCU still builds, but
leaves SRCU readers on the entries while the last one's next pointer is
moved onto the new list head. nvme_remove_namespaces() does this today.
Add list_splice_init_srcu(), which waits for the readers of the given
srcu_struct instead.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Qiliang Yuan <odys.yuan@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
[ sashal: Placed list_splice_init_srcu() after existing polling declarations because synchronize_srcu_atomic() is absent. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/srcu.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/srcu.h b/include/linux/srcu.h
index f9e1fa7ff86fc..676dc3490c058 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/rcu_segcblist.h>
@@ -64,6 +65,41 @@ unsigned long get_state_synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
bool poll_state_synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp, unsigned long cookie);
+/**
+ * list_splice_init_srcu - splice an SRCU-protected list into an existing list
+ * @list: the SRCU-protected list to splice
+ * @head: the place in the existing list to splice the first list into
+ * @ssp: the srcu_struct that readers of @list use
+ *
+ * Like list_splice_init_rcu(), but wait for the SRCU readers of @list
+ * instead of RCU ones, so that none of them can follow a next pointer
+ * onto @head.
+ *
+ * Note that this function blocks, and that the caller must prevent any
+ * other updates to @list.
+ */
+static inline void list_splice_init_srcu(struct list_head *list,
+ struct list_head *head,
+ struct srcu_struct *ssp)
+{
+ struct list_head *first = list->next;
+ struct list_head *last = list->prev;
+ struct list_head *next = head->next;
+
+ if (list_empty(list))
+ return;
+
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(list);
+ synchronize_srcu(ssp);
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS(*first);
+ ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS(*last);
+
+ last->next = next;
+ rcu_assign_pointer(list_next_rcu(head), first);
+ first->prev = head;
+ next->prev = last;
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SRCU
void srcu_init(void);
#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_SRCU */
--
2.53.0
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