[RFC PATCH 1/3] rcu/tasks: Export call_rcu_tasks_rude()
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 10:30:12 EST
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Currently call_rcu_tasks_rude() is static and private to
kernel/rcu/tasks.h, while synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() is exported.
Subsystems that execute handlers under preempt_disable() (such as
fprobe and BPF kprobe-multi) cannot safely wait on
synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() in atomic or asynchronous contexts
without an asynchronous call_rcu_tasks_rude() variant.
Make call_rcu_tasks_rude() non-static, declare it in
include/linux/rcupdate.h, and export it via EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL().
Also provide fallbacks to call_rcu when Tasks Rude RCU is not
configured.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rcupdate.h | 6 ++++++
kernel/rcu/tasks.h | 8 +++-----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 44c07a66edff..dca61b52dc8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ void rcu_tasks_torture_stats_print(char *tt, char *tf);
# ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RUDE_RCU
void synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude(void);
+void call_rcu_tasks_rude(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
void rcu_tasks_rude_torture_stats_print(char *tt, char *tf);
+# else
+# define call_rcu_tasks_rude call_rcu
+# define synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude synchronize_rcu
# endif
#define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t) rcu_tasks_qs(t, false)
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void);
#define rcu_note_voluntary_context_switch(t) do { } while (0)
#define call_rcu_tasks call_rcu
#define synchronize_rcu_tasks synchronize_rcu
+#define call_rcu_tasks_rude call_rcu
+#define synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude synchronize_rcu
static inline void exit_tasks_rcu_start(void) { }
static inline void exit_tasks_rcu_finish(void) { }
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU_GENERIC */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index 627295396cd9..f0b524d5f3f5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static void rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp(struct rcu_tasks *rtp)
schedule_on_each_cpu(rcu_tasks_be_rude);
}
-static void call_rcu_tasks_rude(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
+void call_rcu_tasks_rude(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func);
DEFINE_RCU_TASKS(rcu_tasks_rude, rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp, call_rcu_tasks_rude,
"RCU Tasks Rude");
@@ -1376,14 +1376,12 @@ DEFINE_RCU_TASKS(rcu_tasks_rude, rcu_tasks_rude_wait_gp, call_rcu_tasks_rude,
*
* See the description of call_rcu() for more detailed information on
* memory ordering guarantees.
- *
- * This is no longer exported, and is instead reserved for use by
- * synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude().
*/
-static void call_rcu_tasks_rude(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func)
+void call_rcu_tasks_rude(struct rcu_head *rhp, rcu_callback_t func)
{
call_rcu_tasks_generic(rhp, func, &rcu_tasks_rude);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_tasks_rude);
/**
* synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude - wait for a rude rcu-tasks grace period