[PATCH 0/6] Switch __DECLARE_TRACE() to new notrace variant of SRCU-fast
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 16:28:15 EST
Hello!
This is version 4 of a patch series creating a new notrace variant of
SRCU-fast and introducing it to the __DECLARE_TRACE() in place of the
current preemption disabling. This change enable preemption of BPF
programs attached to tracepoints, as is required for runtime use of BPF
in real-time systems.
This triggers continues to trigger a kernel test robot report of a
"using smp_processor_id() in preemptible" splat. I looked for issues
with explicit preemption disabling, and, not finding any, will next turn
my attention to accesses to per-CPU variables. Any and all insights
are welcome.
1. Move rcu_is_watching() checks to srcu_read_{,un}lock_fast().
2. Add srcu_read_lock_fast_notrace() and
srcu_read_unlock_fast_notrace().
3. Add guards for notrace variants of SRCU-fast readers.
4. Guard __DECLARE_TRACE() use of __DO_TRACE_CALL() with SRCU-fast.
5. Document __srcu_read_{,un}lock_fast() implicit RCU readers.
6. Document srcu_flip() memory-barrier D relation to SRCU-fast.
Changes since v3:
o Add "notrace" per Joel, Steven, and Matthew feedback.
o Upgrade explanatory comments and add new ones per Joel feedback.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250721162433.10454-1-paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx/
Changes since v2:
o Posting standalone as opposed to a reply.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/3cecf6c9-b2ee-4f34-9d1b-ca4cfb8e56a7@paulmck-laptop/
Changes since RFC version:
o RFC patch 6/4 has been pulled into the shared RCU tree:
e88c632a8698 ("srcu: Add guards for SRCU-fast readers")
o RFC patch 5/4 (which removed the now-unnecessary special boot-time
avoidance of SRCU) has been folded into patch 4/4 shown above,
as suggested by Steven Rostedt.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/bb20a575-235b-499e-aa1d-70fe9e2c7617@paulmck-laptop/
Thanx, Paul
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b/include/linux/srcu.h | 4 +++
b/include/linux/srcutree.h | 2 -
b/include/linux/tracepoint.h | 6 +++--
b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 10 +++++++++
b/kernel/tracepoint.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/srcu.h | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/srcutree.h | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
7 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)