[PATCH 1/5] rseq: Allow registering RSEQ with slice extension

From: Peter Zijlstra

Date: Wed Jan 21 2026 - 10:04:47 EST


Since glibc cares about the number of syscalls required to initialize a new
thread, allow initializing rseq with slice extension on. This avoids having to
do another prctl().

Requested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/rseq.h | 3 ++-
kernel/rseq.c | 12 ++++++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ enum rseq_cpu_id_state {
};

enum rseq_flags {
- RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER = (1 << 0),
+ RSEQ_FLAG_UNREGISTER = (1 << 0),
+ RSEQ_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_DEFAULT_ON = (1 << 1),
};

enum rseq_cs_flags_bit {
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user
return 0;
}

- if (unlikely(flags))
+ if (unlikely(flags & ~(RSEQ_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_DEFAULT_ON)))
return -EINVAL;

if (current->rseq.usrptr) {
@@ -459,8 +459,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user
if (!access_ok(rseq, rseq_len))
return -EFAULT;

- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION))
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION)) {
rseqfl |= RSEQ_CS_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_AVAILABLE;
+ if (rseq_slice_extension_enabled() &&
+ (flags & RSEQ_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_DEFAULT_ON))
+ rseqfl |= RSEQ_CS_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_ENABLED;
+ }

scoped_user_write_access(rseq, efault) {
/*
@@ -488,6 +492,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(rseq, struct rseq __user
current->rseq.len = rseq_len;
current->rseq.sig = sig;

+#ifdef CONFIG_RSEQ_SLICE_EXTENSION
+ current->rseq.slice.state.enabled = !!(rseqfl & RSEQ_CS_FLAG_SLICE_EXT_ENABLED);
+#endif
+
/*
* If rseq was previously inactive, and has just been
* registered, ensure the cpu_id_start and cpu_id fields