[PATCH v2 00/12] Refcounted interrupt disable and SpinLockIrq for rust (Part 1)

From: Boqun Feng

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 11:53:06 EST


Hi Peter,

This is a follow-up for Lyude's work [1]. After learning the current
preempt_count() usage and how ARM64 handle this, I came up with this
series that could resolve your feedback [2]. The basic idea is based on:

1) preempt_count() previously already masks our NEED_RESCHED bit, so the
effective bits is 31bits
2) with a 64bit preempt count implementation (as in your PREEMPT_LONG
proposal), the effective bits that record "whether we CAN preempt or
not" still fit in 32bit (i.e. an int)

as a result, I don't think we need to change the existing
preempt_count() API, but rather keep "32bit vs 64bit" as an
implementation detail. This saves us the need to change the printk code
for preempt_count().

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260508042111.24358-1-boqun@xxxxxxxxxx/

Changes since v1:

* Rename PREEMPT_COUNT_64BIT to HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS per
Mark Rutland.
* Add s390's support for HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS for Heiko
Carstens, thank you!
* Reorder patch #1 and #2 per Steven Rostedt.
* Keep the NMI count warning per Steven Rostedt and Joel Fernandes.
* Fix an race between interrupt disabling and softirq reported by
sashiko (see the changes in __irq_exit_rcu()).
* Add Context Analysis annotations for the newly introduced API.
* Sync the preempt bits changes to BPF tests.

I would like to target this changes for 7.2 if possible.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260121223933.1568682-1-lyude@xxxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260204111234.GA3031506@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Regards,
Boqun

Boqun Feng (8):
preempt: Introduce HARDIRQ_DISABLE_BITS
preempt: Introduce __preempt_count_{sub, add}_return()
irq & spin_lock: Add counted interrupt disabling/enabling
locking: Switch to _irq_{disable,enable}() variants in cleanup guards
sched: Remove the unused preempt_offset parameter of __cant_sleep()
sched: Avoid signed comparison of preempt_count() in __cant_migrate()
preempt: Introduce HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS
arm64: sched/preempt: Enable HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS

Heiko Carstens (1):
s390/preempt: Enable HAS_SEPARATE_PREEMPT_RESCHED_BITS

Joel Fernandes (1):
preempt: Track NMI nesting to separate per-CPU counter

Lyude Paul (2):
openrisc: Include <linux/cpumask.h> in smp.h
irq: Add KUnit test for refcounted interrupt enable/disable

arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/preempt.h | 18 +++
arch/openrisc/include/asm/smp.h | 2 +
arch/s390/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h | 13 ++-
arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h | 49 ++++----
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h | 61 +++++++---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +-
include/asm-generic/preempt.h | 14 +++
include/linux/hardirq.h | 43 ++++++-
include/linux/interrupt_rc.h | 65 +++++++++++
include/linux/kernel.h | 4 +-
include/linux/preempt.h | 35 ++++--
include/linux/spinlock.h | 48 +++++---
include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h | 41 +++++++
include/linux/spinlock_api_up.h | 16 +++
include/linux/spinlock_rt.h | 18 +++
kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 4 +
kernel/irq/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/irq/refcount_interrupt_test.c | 109 ++++++++++++++++++
kernel/locking/spinlock.c | 29 +++++
kernel/sched/core.c | 18 ++-
kernel/softirq.c | 22 +++-
lib/locking-selftest.c | 2 +-
.../testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_experimental.h | 7 +-
26 files changed, 544 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/interrupt_rc.h
create mode 100644 kernel/irq/refcount_interrupt_test.c

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