[GIT PULL] rv: Changes for v7.4
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 12:20:35 EST
Linus,
runtime verifier updates for v7.4:
- Improve lockdep annotation for reactors
Reactors are not supposed to take locks, so they fit the LD_WAIT_FREE
lockdep class. However, reactors may run in preemptible context and
if the preempting code (tick or simply the scheduler) takes locks, we
see a lockdep splat. Switch to LD_WAIT_SPIN to avoid the splat while
documenting that reactors should still not take locks.
- Add KUnit tests for reactors
Add KUnit test cases to validate registration and reaction, this
requires exporting some symbols and other minor fixes.
- Use the right rv_this variable in the wakeup monitor
LTL monitors were updated to use the generic rv_this static variable
but this change wasn't propagated to the newly introduced wakeup
monitor. This broke reactors for the monitor: update the it.
Please pull the latest trace-rv-v7.4 tree, which can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
trace-rv-v7.4
Tag SHA1: 229d02a5765bdbdb90064f0ac7595effa1e3209e
Head SHA1: 5e9bdf2924c9041ff1520b528db6104626e9ef41
Nam Cao (1):
rv/rtapp/wakeup: Use "rv_this" the rv_monitor variable
Wen Yang (4):
rv: Use LD_WAIT_SPIN as the reactor lockdep wait type
rv: Propagate rv_register_reactor() error from reactor init
rv: Export rv_register_reactor() and rv_unregister_reactor()
rv: Add KUnit tests for reactor registration and dispatch
----
kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig | 12 ++++
kernel/trace/rv/Makefile | 1 +
kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wakeup/wakeup.c | 6 +-
kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c | 3 +-
kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c | 3 +-
kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c | 12 +++-
kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
7 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c
---------------------------
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
index efa930f94ea4..9bfd429ffdea 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ config RV_REACT_PANIC
Enables the panic reactor. The panic reactor emits a printk()
message if an exception is found and panic()s the system.
+config RV_REACTORS_KUNIT
+ tristate "KUnit tests for RV reactors" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ depends on KUNIT
+ depends on RV_REACTORS
+ default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ help
+ Enable KUnit tests for RV reactor registration and dispatch.
+ These tests verify the register/unregister lifecycle, duplicate
+ rejection, and that rv_react() correctly invokes callbacks.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config RV_MONITORS_KUNIT_TEST
tristate "KUnit tests for RV monitors" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
depends on KUNIT && RV && RV_REACTORS
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/Makefile b/kernel/trace/rv/Makefile
index cdbf68c84f5a..c895d81dfdad 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/Makefile
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RV_MON_WAKEUP) += monitors/wakeup/wakeup.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RV_REACTORS) += rv_reactors.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RV_REACT_PRINTK) += reactor_printk.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RV_REACT_PANIC) += reactor_panic.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RV_REACTORS_KUNIT) += rv_reactors_kunit.o
obj-$(CONFIG_RV_MONITORS_KUNIT_TEST) += rv_monitors_test.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wakeup/wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wakeup/wakeup.c
index 01b47416f24e..2e803e79181e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wakeup/wakeup.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/monitors/wakeup/wakeup.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void disable_wakeup(void)
ltl_monitor_destroy();
}
-static struct rv_monitor rv_wakeup = {
+static struct rv_monitor rv_this = {
.name = "wakeup",
.description = "Monitor that real-time tasks are not woken by lower-priority tasks",
.enable = enable_wakeup,
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static struct rv_monitor rv_wakeup = {
static int __init register_wakeup(void)
{
- return rv_register_monitor(&rv_wakeup, &rv_rtapp);
+ return rv_register_monitor(&rv_this, &rv_rtapp);
}
static void __exit unregister_wakeup(void)
{
- rv_unregister_monitor(&rv_wakeup);
+ rv_unregister_monitor(&rv_this);
}
module_init(register_wakeup);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
index 76537b8a4343..db7116ceafff 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static struct rv_reactor rv_panic = {
static int __init register_react_panic(void)
{
- rv_register_reactor(&rv_panic);
- return 0;
+ return rv_register_reactor(&rv_panic);
}
static void __exit unregister_react_panic(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
index 48c934e315b3..002a10f6aa7b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static struct rv_reactor rv_printk = {
static int __init register_react_printk(void)
{
- rv_register_reactor(&rv_printk);
- return 0;
+ return rv_register_reactor(&rv_printk);
}
static void __exit unregister_react_printk(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c
index 2f5fc8d18dea..8e57a95d446b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ int rv_register_reactor(struct rv_reactor *reactor)
guard(mutex)(&rv_interface_lock);
return __rv_register_reactor(reactor);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rv_register_reactor);
/**
* rv_unregister_reactor - unregister a rv reactor.
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ int rv_unregister_reactor(struct rv_reactor *reactor)
list_del(&reactor->list);
return 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rv_unregister_reactor);
/*
* reacting_on interface.
@@ -465,7 +467,15 @@ int init_rv_reactors(struct dentry *root_dir)
void rv_react(struct rv_monitor *monitor, const char *msg, ...)
{
- static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(rv_react_map, LD_WAIT_FREE);
+ /*
+ * Reactors must not explicitly take locks, so they should be
+ * LD_WAIT_FREE. However, reactor callbacks can run with preemption
+ * enabled, meaning the preempting code (e.g. the scheduler taking
+ * rq->__lock at LD_WAIT_SPIN) may violate that constraint. Use
+ * LD_WAIT_SPIN to avoid false-positive lockdep reports.
+ * But you should still NOT be using locks in reactors.
+ */
+ static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(rv_react_map, LD_WAIT_SPIN);
va_list args;
if (!rv_reacting_on() || !monitor->react)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3850c6dda288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/rv/rv_reactors_kunit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * KUnit tests for RV reactor registration and dispatch.
+ *
+ * The dispatch tests rely on reacting_on being enabled, since rv_react()
+ * returns early when it is off. It is on by default when the suites run
+ * built-in; as a module, re-enable it if disabled via
+ * /sys/kernel/tracing/rv/reacting_on.
+ */
+
+#include <kunit/test.h>
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/rv.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include "rv.h"
+
+static struct rv_reactor test_reactor = {
+ .name = "kunit_test_reactor",
+ .description = "KUnit test reactor",
+};
+
+static void reactor_teardown(void *arg)
+{
+ rv_unregister_reactor(&test_reactor);
+}
+
+static void register_test_reactor(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, rv_register_reactor(&test_reactor), 0);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test,
+ kunit_add_action_or_reset(test, reactor_teardown, NULL), 0);
+}
+
+static void test_double_register(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ register_test_reactor(test);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, rv_register_reactor(&test_reactor), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static const char long_reactor_name[] = "kunit_reactor_name_too_long_xxx_";
+static_assert(sizeof(long_reactor_name) - 1 >= MAX_RV_REACTOR_NAME_SIZE,
+ "long_reactor_name must be at least MAX_RV_REACTOR_NAME_SIZE chars");
+
+static void test_name_too_long(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ static struct rv_reactor long_reactor = {
+ .name = long_reactor_name,
+ };
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, rv_register_reactor(&long_reactor), -EINVAL);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case rv_reactor_registration_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_double_register),
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_name_too_long),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite rv_reactor_registration_suite = {
+ .name = "rv_reactor_registration",
+ .test_cases = rv_reactor_registration_cases,
+};
+
+static int react_call_count;
+
+__printf(1, 0) static void mock_react(const char *msg, va_list args)
+{
+ react_call_count++;
+ /* Busy-wait so a timer interrupt fires inside rv_react(). */
+ mdelay(20);
+}
+
+static void test_react_no_callback(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct rv_monitor monitor = {
+ .name = "kunit_null_react",
+ };
+
+ react_call_count = 0;
+ rv_react(&monitor, "no callback");
+
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, react_call_count, 0);
+}
+
+static void test_react_callback_invoked(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ struct rv_monitor monitor = {
+ .name = "kunit_dispatch_monitor",
+ .react = mock_react,
+ };
+
+ react_call_count = 0;
+ rv_react(&monitor, "callback invocation test");
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, react_call_count, 1);
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case rv_react_dispatch_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_react_no_callback),
+ KUNIT_CASE(test_react_callback_invoked),
+ {}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite rv_react_dispatch_suite = {
+ .name = "rv_react_dispatch",
+ .test_cases = rv_react_dispatch_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suites(&rv_reactor_registration_suite, &rv_react_dispatch_suite);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KUnit tests for RV reactor registration and dispatch");