From: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 03/29] rcu: Add a small-width RCU watching counter debug option
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:38:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251010153839.151763-4-vschneid@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251010153839.151763-1-vschneid@redhat.com>
A later commit will reduce the size of the RCU watching counter to free up
some bits for another purpose. Paul suggested adding a config option to
test the extreme case where the counter is reduced to its minimum usable
width for rcutorture to poke at, so do that.
Make it only configurable under RCU_EXPERT. While at it, add a comment to
explain the layout of context_tracking->state.
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/4c2cb573-168f-4806-b1d9-164e8276e66a@paulmck-laptop
Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/context_tracking_state.h | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug | 15 +++++++++
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h b/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
index 7b8433d5a8efe..0b81248aa03e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
+++ b/include/linux/context_tracking_state.h
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ enum ctx_state {
CT_STATE_MAX = 4,
};
-/* Odd value for watching, else even. */
-#define CT_RCU_WATCHING CT_STATE_MAX
-
-#define CT_STATE_MASK (CT_STATE_MAX - 1)
-#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_MASK (~CT_STATE_MASK)
-
struct context_tracking {
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER
/*
@@ -44,9 +38,45 @@ struct context_tracking {
#endif
};
+/*
+ * We cram two different things within the same atomic variable:
+ *
+ * CT_RCU_WATCHING_START CT_STATE_START
+ * | |
+ * v v
+ * MSB [ RCU watching counter ][ context_state ] LSB
+ * ^ ^
+ * | |
+ * CT_RCU_WATCHING_END CT_STATE_END
+ *
+ * Bits are used from the LSB upwards, so unused bits (if any) will always be in
+ * upper bits of the variable.
+ */
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+#define CT_SIZE (sizeof(((struct context_tracking *)0)->state) * BITS_PER_BYTE)
+
+#define CT_STATE_WIDTH bits_per(CT_STATE_MAX - 1)
+#define CT_STATE_START 0
+#define CT_STATE_END (CT_STATE_START + CT_STATE_WIDTH - 1)
+
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_MAX_WIDTH (CT_SIZE - CT_STATE_WIDTH)
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_WIDTH (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_DYNTICKS_TORTURE) ? 2 : CT_RCU_WATCHING_MAX_WIDTH)
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_START (CT_STATE_END + 1)
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_END (CT_RCU_WATCHING_START + CT_RCU_WATCHING_WIDTH - 1)
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING BIT(CT_RCU_WATCHING_START)
+
+#define CT_STATE_MASK GENMASK(CT_STATE_END, CT_STATE_START)
+#define CT_RCU_WATCHING_MASK GENMASK(CT_RCU_WATCHING_END, CT_RCU_WATCHING_START)
+
+#define CT_UNUSED_WIDTH (CT_RCU_WATCHING_MAX_WIDTH - CT_RCU_WATCHING_WIDTH)
+
+static_assert(CT_STATE_WIDTH +
+ CT_RCU_WATCHING_WIDTH +
+ CT_UNUSED_WIDTH ==
+ CT_SIZE);
+
DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct context_tracking, context_tracking);
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING */
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_USER
static __always_inline int __ct_state(void)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
index 12e4c64ebae15..625d75392647b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -213,4 +213,19 @@ config RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
when looking for certain types of RCU usage bugs, for example,
too-short RCU read-side critical sections.
+
+config RCU_DYNTICKS_TORTURE
+ bool "Minimize RCU dynticks counter size"
+ depends on RCU_EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST
+ default n
+ help
+ This option sets the width of the dynticks counter to its
+ minimum usable value. This minimum width greatly increases
+ the probability of flushing out bugs involving counter wrap,
+ but it also increases the probability of extending grace period
+ durations. This Kconfig option should therefore be avoided in
+ production due to the consequent increased probability of OOMs.
+
+ This has no value for production and is only for testing.
+
endmenu # "RCU Debugging"
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-10 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-10 15:38 [PATCH v6 00/29] context_tracking,x86: Defer some IPIs until a user->kernel transition Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 01/29] objtool: Make validate_call() recognize indirect calls to pv_ops[] Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 02/29] objtool: Flesh out warning related to pv_ops[] calls Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` Valentin Schneider [this message]
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 04/29] rcutorture: Make TREE04 use CONFIG_RCU_DYNTICKS_TORTURE Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 05/29] jump_label: Add annotations for validating noinstr usage Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 06/29] static_call: Add read-only-after-init static calls Valentin Schneider
2025-10-30 10:25 ` Petr Tesarik
2025-10-31 11:52 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-11-03 8:37 ` Petr Tesarik
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 07/29] x86/paravirt: Mark pv_sched_clock static call as __ro_after_init Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 08/29] x86/idle: Mark x86_idle " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 09/29] x86/paravirt: Mark pv_steal_clock " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 10/29] riscv/paravirt: " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 11/29] loongarch/paravirt: " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 12/29] arm64/paravirt: " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 13/29] arm/paravirt: " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 14/29] perf/x86/amd: Mark perf_lopwr_cb " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 15/29] sched/clock: Mark sched_clock_running key " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 16/29] KVM: VMX: Mark __kvm_is_using_evmcs static " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-14 0:02 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-14 11:20 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 17/29] x86/speculation/mds: Mark cpu_buf_idle_clear key as allowed in .noinstr Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 18/29] sched/clock, x86: Mark __sched_clock_stable " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 19/29] KVM: VMX: Mark vmx_l1d_should flush and vmx_l1d_flush_cond keys " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-14 0:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-14 11:02 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-14 19:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 20/29] stackleack: Mark stack_erasing_bypass key " Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 21/29] objtool: Add noinstr validation for static branches/calls Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 22/29] module: Add MOD_NOINSTR_TEXT mem_type Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 23/29] context-tracking: Introduce work deferral infrastructure Valentin Schneider
2025-10-28 14:00 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-29 10:09 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-29 14:52 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-11-03 8:32 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2025-11-04 13:45 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 24/29] context_tracking,x86: Defer kernel text patching IPIs Valentin Schneider
2025-10-28 14:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [PATCH v6 25/29] x86/mm: Make INVPCID type macros available to assembly Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [RFC PATCH v6 26/29] x86/mm/pti: Introduce a kernel/user CR3 software signal Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [RFC PATCH v6 27/29] x86/mm/pti: Implement a TLB flush immediately after a switch to kernel CR3 Valentin Schneider
2025-10-28 15:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-29 10:16 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-29 10:31 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-29 14:13 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-29 14:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-31 9:55 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [RFC PATCH v6 28/29] x86/mm, mm/vmalloc: Defer kernel TLB flush IPIs under CONFIG_COALESCE_TLBI=y Valentin Schneider
2025-10-10 15:38 ` [RFC PATCH v6 29/29] x86/entry: Add an option to coalesce TLB flushes Valentin Schneider
2025-10-14 12:58 ` [PATCH v6 00/29] context_tracking,x86: Defer some IPIs until a user->kernel transition Juri Lelli
2025-10-14 15:26 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-15 13:16 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-15 14:28 ` Juri Lelli
2025-10-28 16:25 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-10-29 10:32 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-10-29 17:15 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-11-05 16:24 ` Valentin Schneider
2025-11-05 17:46 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2025-11-06 10:02 ` Valentin Schneider
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