[PATCH v4 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add a call_srcu() re-entry reproducer

From: Puranjay Mohan

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 08:31:09 EST


Re-enter call_srcu() from a BPF program to exercise its any-context
safety, via call_rcu_tasks_trace(), which is call_srcu() on
rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct.

An fentry program on rcu_segcblist_enqueue() fires mid-enqueue: that
function is reached from srcu_gp_start_if_needed() with the srcu_data
->lock held. The program does a task-storage delete, whose only deferred
work is call_rcu_tasks_trace(), re-entering the enqueue on the same CPU.
The handler matches on TID and fires once; pinning the thread removes the
migration window between picking the srcu_data and taking its lock.

Without the fix the nested call re-takes the same sdp lock and
self-deadlocks; with it the nested __call_srcu() sees interrupts disabled
and defers via irq_work, so the delete returns and the test passes.

The test skips where it does not apply: Tiny RCU has no
rcu_segcblist_enqueue() to attach to, and a UP+PREEMPT kernel pairs Tree
RCU with Tiny SRCU, so the attach succeeds but call_srcu() never reaches
the enqueue. Tiny SRCU is told apart by srcu_expedite_current(), which it
stubs out, so on Tree SRCU a zero hit count fails rather than skips and the
reproducer cannot quietly stop reproducing.

Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_reentry.c | 93 +++++++++++++++++++
.../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_reentry.c | 51 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_reentry.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_reentry.c

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_reentry.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_reentry.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..de23a14b3d408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rcu_reentry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Exercise re-entry into call_srcu() from BPF; see progs/rcu_reentry.c. */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include "task_local_storage_helpers.h"
+#include "trace_helpers.h"
+#include "rcu_reentry.skel.h"
+
+/* Tiny RCU has no rcu_segcblist_enqueue() to attach to. */
+static bool have_attach_target(void)
+{
+ unsigned long long addr;
+
+ return kallsyms_find("rcu_segcblist_enqueue", &addr) == 0;
+}
+
+/* Tiny SRCU stubs out srcu_expedite_current(); Tree SRCU exports it. */
+static bool have_tree_srcu(void)
+{
+ unsigned long long addr;
+
+ return kallsyms_find("srcu_expedite_current", &addr) == 0;
+}
+
+void test_rcu_reentry(void)
+{
+ struct rcu_reentry *skel;
+ int err, pidfd = -1, map_fd;
+ cpu_set_t set, old_set;
+ bool affinity_saved;
+ __u64 val = 1;
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!have_attach_target()) {
+ test__skip();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ skel = rcu_reentry__open_and_load();
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "skel_open_and_load"))
+ return;
+
+ err = rcu_reentry__attach(skel);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "skel_attach"))
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Keep the re-entry on a single CPU; a cpuset may exclude CPU 0. */
+ affinity_saved = !sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(old_set), &old_set);
+ cpu = sched_getcpu();
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(cpu, 0, "getcpu"))
+ goto out;
+ CPU_ZERO(&set);
+ CPU_SET(cpu, &set);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(set), &set), "setaffinity"))
+ goto out;
+
+ pidfd = sys_pidfd_open(getpid(), 0);
+ if (!ASSERT_GE(pidfd, 0, "pidfd_open"))
+ goto restore;
+ map_fd = bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.task_stg);
+ err = bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &pidfd, &val, BPF_NOEXIST);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "boot_create"))
+ goto restore;
+
+ /* Arm the handler for this thread, then trigger call_rcu_tasks_trace(). */
+ skel->bss->target_pid = syscall(__NR_gettid);
+ err = bpf_map_delete_elem(map_fd, &pidfd);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "boot_delete"))
+ goto restore;
+
+ /*
+ * Only Tree SRCU reaches rcu_segcblist_enqueue() from call_srcu(); a
+ * UP+PREEMPT kernel pairs Tree RCU with Tiny SRCU, so the attach
+ * succeeds but nothing fires. On Tree SRCU it must fire.
+ */
+ if (!skel->bss->hits) {
+ if (have_tree_srcu())
+ ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->hits, 0, "prog_fired");
+ else
+ test__skip();
+ goto restore;
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->get_errs, 0, "nested_storage_get");
+ ASSERT_EQ(skel->bss->del_errs, 0, "nested_storage_delete");
+restore:
+ if (affinity_saved)
+ sched_setaffinity(0, sizeof(old_set), &old_set);
+out:
+ if (pidfd >= 0)
+ close(pidfd);
+ rcu_reentry__destroy(skel);
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_reentry.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_reentry.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..47a36f704cf3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/rcu_reentry.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Re-enter call_srcu() from a BPF program. fentry on rcu_segcblist_enqueue()
+ * fires inside call_srcu()'s enqueue (reached from srcu_gp_start_if_needed()
+ * with the srcu_data ->lock held); the handler then calls call_rcu_tasks_trace()
+ * -- itself call_srcu() on rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct -- re-entering the same
+ * srcu_data on the same CPU.
+ */
+#include "vmlinux.h"
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+struct {
+ __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_TASK_STORAGE);
+ __uint(map_flags, BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC);
+ __type(key, int);
+ __type(value, __u64);
+} task_stg SEC(".maps");
+
+int target_pid;
+int hits;
+int get_errs;
+int del_errs;
+int done;
+
+SEC("fentry/rcu_segcblist_enqueue")
+int BPF_PROG(reenter)
+{
+ struct task_struct *cur;
+
+ if (done || !target_pid)
+ return 0;
+
+ cur = bpf_get_current_task_btf();
+ if (cur->pid != target_pid)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Issue the nested call exactly once, so the test is deterministic. */
+ done = 1;
+ __sync_fetch_and_add(&hits, 1);
+
+ /* Re-enter via a task-storage delete, which calls call_rcu_tasks_trace(). */
+ if (!bpf_task_storage_get(&task_stg, cur, 0, BPF_LOCAL_STORAGE_GET_F_CREATE))
+ __sync_fetch_and_add(&get_errs, 1);
+ else if (bpf_task_storage_delete(&task_stg, cur))
+ __sync_fetch_and_add(&del_errs, 1);
+
+ return 0;
+}
--
2.53.0-Meta