[PATCH v2 02/12] preempt: Introduce HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS

From: Boqun Feng

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 11:36:56 EST


From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>

In order to support preempt_disable()-like interrupt disabling, that is,
using part of preempt_count() to track interrupt disabling nested level,
change the preempt_count() layout to contain 8-bit HARDIRQ_DISABLE
count.

Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121223933.1568682-2-lyude@xxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/preempt.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index 586f96688325..e2d3079d3f5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
*
* - bits 0-7 are the preemption count (max preemption depth: 256)
* - bits 8-15 are the softirq count (max # of softirqs: 256)
- * - bits 16-19 are the hardirq count (max # of hardirqs: 16)
- * - bit 20 is the NMI flag (no nesting count, tracked separately)
+ * - bits 16-23 are the hardirq disable count (max # of hardirq disable: 256)
+ * - bits 24-27 are the hardirq count (max # of hardirqs: 16)
+ * - bit 28 is the NMI flag (no nesting count, tracked separately)
*
* The hardirq count could in theory be the same as the number of
* interrupts in the system, but we run all interrupt handlers with
@@ -31,29 +32,34 @@
*
* PREEMPT_MASK: 0x000000ff
* SOFTIRQ_MASK: 0x0000ff00
- * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x000f0000
- * NMI_MASK: 0x00100000
+ * HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK: 0x00ff0000
+ * HARDIRQ_MASK: 0x0f000000
+ * NMI_MASK: 0x10000000
* PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED: 0x80000000
*/
#define PREEMPT_BITS 8
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
#define NMI_BITS 1

#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
-#define HARDIRQ_SHIFT (SOFTIRQ_SHIFT + SOFTIRQ_BITS)
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT (SOFTIRQ_SHIFT + SOFTIRQ_BITS)
+#define HARDIRQ_SHIFT (HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT + HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS)
#define NMI_SHIFT (HARDIRQ_SHIFT + HARDIRQ_BITS)

#define __IRQ_MASK(x) ((1UL << (x))-1)

#define PREEMPT_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(PREEMPT_BITS) << PREEMPT_SHIFT)
#define SOFTIRQ_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(SOFTIRQ_BITS) << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT)
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS) << HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT)
#define HARDIRQ_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(HARDIRQ_BITS) << HARDIRQ_SHIFT)
#define NMI_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(NMI_BITS) << NMI_SHIFT)

#define PREEMPT_OFFSET (1UL << PREEMPT_SHIFT)
#define SOFTIRQ_OFFSET (1UL << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT)
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET (1UL << HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT)
#define HARDIRQ_OFFSET (1UL << HARDIRQ_SHIFT)
#define NMI_OFFSET (1UL << NMI_SHIFT)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
index 2d4256ff471f..a811b080db02 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h
@@ -448,17 +448,20 @@ extern int bpf_cgroup_read_xattr(struct cgroup *cgroup, const char *name__str,

#define PREEMPT_BITS 8
#define SOFTIRQ_BITS 8
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS 8
#define HARDIRQ_BITS 4
#define NMI_BITS 1

#define PREEMPT_SHIFT 0
#define SOFTIRQ_SHIFT (PREEMPT_SHIFT + PREEMPT_BITS)
-#define HARDIRQ_SHIFT (SOFTIRQ_SHIFT + SOFTIRQ_BITS)
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT (SOFTIRQ_SHIFT + SOFTIRQ_BITS)
+#define HARDIRQ_SHIFT (HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT + HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS)
#define NMI_SHIFT (HARDIRQ_SHIFT + HARDIRQ_BITS)

#define __IRQ_MASK(x) ((1UL << (x))-1)

#define SOFTIRQ_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(SOFTIRQ_BITS) << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT)
+#define HARDIRQ_DISABLE_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS) << HARDIRQ_DISABLE_SHIFT)
#define HARDIRQ_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(HARDIRQ_BITS) << HARDIRQ_SHIFT)
#define NMI_MASK (__IRQ_MASK(NMI_BITS) << NMI_SHIFT)

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