[PATCH v2] rcuscale: add srcua scale type

From: Kunwu Chan

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 12:17:40 EST


Add support for scaling atomic SRCU grace periods using
srcu_read_lock_atomic()/srcu_read_unlock_atomic() and
synchronize_srcu_atomic().

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Rename srcu_atomic_ctlp to srcua and reuse srcu_ctlp for
SRCU operations, as suggested by Paul.
- Reuse the existing SRCU cleanup and completed helpers by
initializing srcu_ctlp in srcu_atomic_scale_init().
- Add .stats using srcu_scale_stats().
- Use "srcua" to match the existing "srcu" and "srcud" scale
type names.
- Use synchronize_srcu_atomic() for both normal and expedited
scale tests.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260927100359.3903688-1-kunwu.chan@xxxxxxxxx/
Tested with kvm.sh --torture rcuscale scale_type=srcua on x86_64 and
arm64, alongside gp_exp=1 and PROVE_LOCKING=y: no warnings or lockdep
splats.
---
kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
index 1097ec15879c..b172882824ac 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
@@ -293,6 +293,44 @@ static struct rcu_scale_ops srcud_ops = {
.name = "srcud"
};

+static struct srcu_struct srcua;
+
+static int srcu_scale_atomic_read_lock(void)
+{
+ return srcu_read_lock_atomic(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static void srcu_scale_atomic_read_unlock(int idx)
+{
+ srcu_read_unlock_atomic(srcu_ctlp, idx);
+}
+
+static void srcu_scale_atomic_synchronize(void)
+{
+ synchronize_srcu_atomic(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static void srcu_atomic_scale_init(void)
+{
+ srcu_ctlp = &srcua;
+ init_srcu_struct_atomic(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static struct rcu_scale_ops srcua_ops = {
+ .ptype = SRCU_FLAVOR,
+ .init = srcu_atomic_scale_init,
+ .cleanup = srcu_sync_scale_cleanup,
+ .readlock = srcu_scale_atomic_read_lock,
+ .readunlock = srcu_scale_atomic_read_unlock,
+ .get_gp_seq = srcu_scale_completed,
+ .gp_diff = rcu_seq_diff,
+ .exp_completed = srcu_scale_completed,
+ .sync = srcu_scale_atomic_synchronize,
+ .exp_sync = srcu_scale_atomic_synchronize,
+ .stats = srcu_scale_stats,
+ .name = "srcua"
+};
+
#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU

/*
@@ -1110,7 +1148,8 @@ rcu_scale_init(void)
long i;
long j;
static struct rcu_scale_ops *scale_ops[] = {
- &rcu_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcud_ops, TASKS_OPS TASKS_RUDE_OPS TASKS_TRACING_OPS
+ &rcu_ops, &srcu_ops, &srcua_ops, &srcud_ops,
+ TASKS_OPS TASKS_RUDE_OPS TASKS_TRACING_OPS
};

if (!torture_init_begin(scale_type, verbose))

base-commit: d21906b0aa1e9573cdb5e7acaca44966b9d1dcd2
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2.43.0