[PATCH v1 05/11] rcu: Add RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED for subsystems without expedited GPs

From: Puranjay Mohan

Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 09:28:21 EST


SRCU and Tasks RCU do not track expedited grace periods. When their
callback state is checked via poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full(), the
uninitialized or zeroed exp field could cause false-positive
completion detection.

This commit adds an RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED sentinel value (0x2) that
these subsystems can place into exp to indicate that expedited GP
tracking is not applicable. The expedited sequence check in
poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full() is guarded to skip entries marked with
this sentinel.

This is needed to allow rcu_segcblist_advance() and rcu_accelerate_cbs()
to work with both normal and expedited grace periods via
get_state_synchronize_rcu_full() and poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full().

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 13 +++++++++++--
kernel/rcu/tree.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
index 14faa11ef23cd..39a9f6fa9a7b2 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
@@ -46,16 +46,25 @@
* the number of pending readers that will use
* this inactive index is bounded).
*
- * RCU polled GP special control value:
+ * RCU polled GP special control values:
*
* RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED : State value indicating an already-completed
* polled GP has completed. This value covers
* both the state and the counter of the
* grace-period sequence number.
+ *
+ * RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED : State value indicating that a GP component
+ * is not tracked by this subsystem and should
+ * not be checked. Used by SRCU and RCU Tasks
+ * which do not track expedited GPs, to prevent
+ * false-positive completion when their
+ * gp_seq entries are checked via
+ * poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full().
*/

-/* Low-order bit definition for polled grace-period APIs. */
+/* Low-order bit definitions for polled grace-period APIs. */
#define RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED 0x1
+#define RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED 0x2

/* A complete grace period count */
#define RCU_SEQ_GP (RCU_SEQ_STATE_MASK + 1)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 1d65505460bc7..095a023b19f1f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -3635,7 +3635,8 @@ bool poll_state_synchronize_rcu_full(struct rcu_gp_seq *gsp)
if (gsp->norm == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
rcu_seq_done_exact(&rnp->gp_seq, gsp->norm) ||
gsp->exp == RCU_GET_STATE_COMPLETED ||
- rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp)) {
+ (gsp->exp != RCU_GET_STATE_NOT_TRACKED &&
+ rcu_seq_done_exact(&rcu_state.expedited_sequence, gsp->exp))) {
smp_mb(); /* Ensure GP ends before subsequent accesses. */
return true;
}
--
2.53.0-Meta