[PATCH 05/19] srcutiny: Add an atomic Tiny SRCU

From: Paul E. McKenney

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 20:37:29 EST


This commit adds the Tiny SRCU counterpart to Tree SRCU's
synchronize_srcu_atomic(). One might hope that this could be as trivial
as Tiny RCU's synchronize_rcu(), and there was a time when it would
have been. But lazy preemption really can preempt an SRCU read-side
critical section, which means that synchronize_srcu_atomic() really must
be prepared to spin waiting for it.

This spinning currently consists of cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs()
and cpu_relax(). It would be better to have some way of telling the
scheduler that there is nothing useful for us to do. We cannot use
the traditional wait_event() approach because synchronize_srcu_atomic()
is not permitted to block.

[ paulmck: Apply Kunwu Chan feedback. ]

Co-developed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-mythos-5
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/srcutiny.h | 6 +++
kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 85 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/srcutiny.h b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
index 85b5de438450..47a368f945e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/srcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcutiny.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ struct srcu_struct {
short srcu_lock_nesting[2]; /* srcu_read_lock() nesting depth. */
u8 srcu_gp_running; /* GP workqueue running? */
u8 srcu_gp_waiting; /* GP waiting for readers? */
+ u8 srcu_atomic_gp_flag; /* Serialize atomic GP work.*/
unsigned long srcu_idx; /* Current reader array element in bit 0x2. */
unsigned long srcu_idx_max; /* Furthest future srcu_idx request. */
struct swait_queue_head srcu_wq;
@@ -64,15 +65,20 @@ void srcu_defer_drain(struct irq_work *irq_work);
#define DEFINE_SRCU_FAST_UPDOWN(name) DEFINE_SRCU(name)
#define DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST_UPDOWN(name) \
static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, name, name, name)
+#define DEFINE_SRCU_ATOMIC(name) DEFINE_SRCU(name)
+#define DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_ATOMIC(name) \
+ static struct srcu_struct name = __SRCU_STRUCT_INIT(name, name, name, name)

// Dummy structure for srcu_notifier_head.
struct srcu_usage { };
#define __SRCU_USAGE_INIT(name) { }
#define __init_srcu_struct_fast __init_srcu_struct
#define __init_srcu_struct_fast_updown __init_srcu_struct
+#define __init_srcu_struct_atomic __init_srcu_struct
#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
#define init_srcu_struct_fast init_srcu_struct
#define init_srcu_struct_fast_updown init_srcu_struct
+#define init_srcu_struct_atomic init_srcu_struct
#endif // #ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC

void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
index 32b37d63d58a..c6a2b74ae9d6 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutiny.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static int init_srcu_struct_fields(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
ssp->srcu_cb_tail = &ssp->srcu_cb_head;
ssp->srcu_gp_running = false;
ssp->srcu_gp_waiting = false;
+ ssp->srcu_atomic_gp_flag = 0;
ssp->srcu_idx = 0;
ssp->srcu_idx_max = 0;
INIT_WORK(&ssp->srcu_work, srcu_drive_gp);
@@ -339,6 +340,79 @@ void synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu);

+/*
+ * synchronize_srcu_atomic - spinning grace period for atomic-reader domains
+ * @ssp: srcu_struct with which to synchronize.
+ *
+ * On !SMP this cannot spin: a reader observed mid-section is preempted
+ * or interrupted-out, and can only finish if we yield the CPU. But it
+ * is also never needed: an atomic-flavor reader (preemption disabled)
+ * cannot be observed mid-section from process context on the sole CPU.
+ * So a reader observed here has broken the atomic-domain promise, and
+ * the only correct wait for it is a real grace period.
+ *
+ * (Actual kernel-doc header is in Tree SRCU.)
+ */
+void synchronize_srcu_atomic(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
+{
+ int idx;
+ bool ret;
+ unsigned long srcu_state = get_state_synchronize_srcu(ssp);
+
+ srcu_lock_sync(&ssp->dep_map);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION))
+ synchronize_rcu(); // Needed for RCU Tasks Trace to imply RCU grace period.
+ // And in Tiny RCU, it is near zero cost and doesn't block.
+
+ // Usually, there will be no readers.
+ preempt_disable(); // Guard against lazy preemption and some other grace period.
+ ret = !READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[0]) && !READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[1]);
+ if (ret) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx_max, ssp->srcu_idx + 2);
+ WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 2);
+ preempt_enable();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // Wait to drive a grace period or for someone else to do it
+ // for us while we are lazily preempted.
+ while (ssp->srcu_atomic_gp_flag) {
+ if (poll_state_synchronize_srcu(ssp, srcu_state)) {
+ preempt_enable();
+ return;
+ }
+ preempt_enable();
+ cpu_relax();
+ cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
+ preempt_disable();
+ }
+ ssp->srcu_atomic_gp_flag = 1;
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ // We get here if a reader has been lazily preempted.
+ // First, wait for old readers, which are quite unlikely.
+ WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx_max, get_state_synchronize_srcu(ssp));
+ idx = !(((READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx) + 1) & 0x2) >> 1);
+ while (READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[idx])) {
+ cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+
+ // Next, flip the index and wait for the other group of readers.
+ WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1);
+ idx = !idx;
+ while (READ_ONCE(ssp->srcu_lock_nesting[idx])) {
+ cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs();
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+
+ // Finally, flip the index again for poll_state_synchronize_srcu().
+ WRITE_ONCE(ssp->srcu_idx, ssp->srcu_idx + 1);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!poll_state_synchronize_srcu(ssp, srcu_state));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_srcu_atomic);
+
/* Register any deferred callbacks, then wait for all in-flight ones. */
void srcu_barrier(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
{
@@ -367,6 +441,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_state_synchronize_srcu);
* The difference between this and get_state_synchronize_srcu() is that
* this function ensures that the poll_state_synchronize_srcu() will
* eventually return the value true.
+ *
+ * This function cannot be used with atomic SRCU, which only has
+ * atomic grace periods. Doing so will silently corrupt internal
+ * SRCU state. Tree SRCU has appropriate checking with splats,
+ * so please test with CONFIG_SMP=y as well as CONFIG_SMP=n.
*/
unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_srcu(struct srcu_struct *ssp)
{
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