[PATCH] rcutorture: Synchronously wait for all rcu_torture_irq() callbacks to complete

From: Zqiang

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 05:27:01 EST


The rcu_torture_reader() drives RCU readers from interrupt context via
smp_call_function_single(cpu, rcu_torture_irq, NULL, 0) with wait=0, to
runs rcu_torture_irq() on a remote CPU. this is async, nothing waits for
the remote handler to run.

On shutdown, torture_stop_kthread() only waits for each reader kthread to
return, and the reader's timer_delete_sync() only drains its timer. Neither
waits for a rcu_torture_irq() which still pending or executing on a remote
CPU, so it can run after all readers have exited and rcu_torture_cleanup()
has already advanced.

1. rcu_torture_irq() may issue cur_ops->call(rhp, rcu_torture_timer_cb)
after cur_ops->cb_barrier() has been waiting for all outstanding
callbacks complete. once the module is unloaded, fires into freed
module text, a use-after-free happen.

2. rcu_torture_irq() may still be inside rcu_torture_one_read(), holding
a read-side critical section, when cur_ops->cleanup() tears the flavor
down (e.g. cleanup_srcu_struct()), triggering an active-reader warning
or use-after-free of the torn-down structure.

This commit therefore issue a kick_all_cpus_sync() after all readers
kthread have returned and before cur_ops->cb_barrier(), synchronous IPI
round trip to every CPU guarantees that every rcu_torture_irq() which
previously issued by any reader has completed.

Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 4b4d9c70e827..f177ba9cb604 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -4476,6 +4476,8 @@ rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++)
torture_stop_kthread(rcu_torture_reader,
reader_tasks[i]);
+ if (irqreader && cur_ops->irq_capable)
+ kick_all_cpus_sync();
kfree(reader_tasks);
reader_tasks = NULL;
}
--
2.17.1